Toyota Litigation Conference Set for May 12, HB Announces

SANTA ANA, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- HB Litigation Conferences will hold a conference on Toyota recall litigation on May 12, 2010, in Santa Ana, Calif., just a day before and minutes away from the courthouse where a multidistrict litigation hearing will take place, according to HB's CEO Tom Hagy.

"We are assembling an experienced team of legal experts to address a number of urgent topics for attorneys and companies who need a full picture of where things stand in the midst of one of the largest product recalls in recent years," said Hagy.

The speakers will provide a complete timeline of events; discuss the specifics of the alleged defects; debate the "diminished value" and "loss of use" claims; outline investigation strategies; provide an overview of personal injury claims; outline various causes of action; provide an update on the MDL process; detail Toyota's public response and discuss its meaning; and elaborate on strategies for trial and settlement.

So far the faculty comprises Tim Howard, J.D., Ph.D., Law & Policy Doctorate Program, Director, Northeastern University, Boston; David Inscho, Esq., Kline & Specter PC, Philadelphia; Tom Kline, Esq., Kline & Specter PC, Philadelphia; Christopher Seeger, Esq., Seeger Weiss LLP, New York (invited); Jamie Sheller, Esq., Sheller, P.C., Philadelphia; Stephen Sheller, Esq., Sheller, P.C., Philadelphia; Peter Kaufman, Esq., Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, Fla.; and an attorney to be determined from Bailey & Glasser; and more.

For more information about the Toyota Recall Litigation Conference, contact HB Litigation Conferences by phone at (484) 324-2755 x212, by email at [email protected], or visit the HB website at www.LitigationConferences.com.

HB Litigation Conferences is a nationally certified provider of continuing legal education conferences, webinars, teleconferences and multi-media products in the areas of insurance, reinsurance, toxic torts, asbestos, construction, products and financial litigation. Tom Hagy, HB's CEO, is former editor and publisher at Mealey Publications and vice president at LexisNexis. Sharon Boothe, HB's president, was Mealey's Conferences director since its first program in 1992 through 2008.

SOURCE HB Litigation Conferences