The Michigan Association for Justice will present its “No-Fault Institute XXII” for its plaintiff members only on Thursday and Friday, October 23-24, at the Four Points by Sheraton Novi, 27000 S. Karevich Dr. in Novi. Thursday, October 23, will be “PIP Day” and Friday, October 24, will focus on “Negligence.”  Tom Sinas and Wayne Miller are moderating the institute.

Topics to be covered include:

—Day 1: PIP Day

• Update on PIP Cases/Intro to PIP, Wayne Miller, Miller & Tischler PC

• Common Trial Motions in PIP Cases, Jon Green, Green & Green PLLC

• Equitable Distribution Where PIP Benefits Exceed PIP Limits, Martin Hogg, Miller & Tischler PC, and Bradley Peri, Goodman Acker PC

• Medical Judgment: Treating Physician Versus IME, Katie Tucker, Sinas Dramis Law Firm

• Medicare Fee Caps, Richard Hillary, Miller Johnson, and Steve Hulst, Rhoades McKee

• Using AI in Your Practice From Initial Intake to Eventual Case Resolution/How to Obtain the Most Compensation for Your Client, Tom James, Raitt Law PLLC

• Handling the Catastrophic PIP Case, Nick Andrews, Liss & Andrews

• Sample Opening Statement (PIP Case), Dewyna Bazzi, ATLAW (via video)

• Time Limited Voir Dire in an Auto Case, Jon Marko, Marko Law PLLC (Demonstration)

• The Truth Behind Auto Insurance Premiums in Michigan, Doug Heller, Consumer Federation of America, director of insurance

—Day 2: Negligence

• Auto Neg/Tort Threshold Update and Intro to Third Party Law and Practice, Tom Sinas, Sinas Dramis Law Firm

• Client Relations: How to Handle and Keep the Big Case Bobby Raitt, Raitt Law PLLC

• Wallace and the Future of Assignments in PIP Litigation Matt Payne, Sigal Law Firm PLLC

• Law and Ethics of Attorney Fees in PIP and Third Party Auto Cases, Fran Murphy, Fran Murphy Law PLC

• PIP Verdict with No-Fault Penalties, Pratheep Sevanthinathan, Seva Law Firm

• Litigation/Trial Tactics: Potpourri from National Seminars, Jason Waechter, Law Offices of Jason A. Waechter

• UM/UIM Update, Steve Sinas, Sinas Dramis Law Firm

• The Insurance/Defense Perspective in PIP and Auto Neg Claims, Michael Dennis, Olsman MacKenzie Peacock

• Proving Liability and Proactively Proving Threshold, Josh Terebelo, Michigan Auto Law

The seminar is open to MAJ plaintiff members only. Cost is $660 for MAJ plaintiff members, $360 for MAJ plaintiff sustaining members, $430 for MAJ plaintiff members 4 years or less of practice, and $390 for MAJ plaintiff paralegal and student members.  Judges can attend for free.  

To register, visit www.michiganjustice.org and click on “events” or call 517-321-3073.

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