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Vaccine Litigation Conference

March 18-19, 2002

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia

Conference Chaired by

L. , Esq., Dailey O’Leary Craine & Love, P.C.

Portland, OR

Clifford J. Shoemaker, Esq., Shoemaker & Horn Vienna, VA

Agenda

Monday, March 18, 2002

8:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00

Introduction and Opening Remarks

, Dailey O’Leary Craine & Love

Clifford Shoemaker, Shoemaker & Horn

9:15

History of Vaccine Litigation

Hugo, Hugo & Pollock

10:45

Morning Break

11:00

Litigation Update: DPT, MMR, Hepatitis B, Rotashield, Influenza, Lymrex and

Chicken Pox

Lawrence Cohan, Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman & Smalley

Homer, Conway Homer & Chin-Caplan

Conway, Conway Homer & Chin-Caplan

12:30

Networking Luncheon

Keynote Address: Barr, Solicitors

1:45

Thimerosal Litigation Part I: The Medicine

• Review of the epidemiological literature and evidence

• Alleged health effects from thimerosal exposure

Dr. Boyd Haley PhD, Professor & Dept. of Chemistry Chairman, Univ. of Kentucky

2:45

Thimerosal Litigation Part II: Litigating Your Case

• How to evaluate your case: vaccine records, mercury tests, etc.

• Identification of proper defendants: the physician, thimerosal

manufacturer, vaccine manufacturer

• Analysis of claims and defenses

• Daubert issues

Barry Sugarman, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer

, Dailey O’Leary Craine & Love

C. Waters, Waters & Kraus

Miles, Waters & Kraus

Kathleen Dailey, Dailey O’Leary Craine & Love

4:00

Afternoon Break

4:15

Thimerosal Part II: Class Actions, Consortium Claims and Foreign Actions

• Medical monitoring

• Status and update on claims outside the United States

Bonsignore, Bonsignore & Brewer

Klein, Klein Lyons

5:15

Cocktail Reception

Tuesday, March 19, 2002

8:30

Continental Breakfast

9:00

Epidemiology of the Vaccine Adverse Event

Reporting System (VAERS)

• Proof of causation in various cases

Mark R. Geier, MD, PhD, Medical Legal Consultant

9:45

Epidemiology of Diabetes

Barthelow Classen, MD, MBA, President & CEO, Classen Immunotherapies,

Inc.

10:30

Morning Break

10:45

Adverse Event Reporting Handled By Vaccine Manufacturers

Marks, PhD, MD, Extant Medical Legal Consulting

Altman, President, The Fibonacci Group, Inc.

11:30

Challenges For the Future: Skeptics Face Enthusiasts - A Panel Discussion

Moderator: ,

Skeptics: Clifford Shoemaker, Shoemaker & Horn

Theodore Willhite, Levinson Friedman

Enthusiasts: , Dailey O’Leary Craine & Love

Barry Sugarman, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer

12:30

Adjourn

Registration Fee

The registration fee includes continental breakfast each day, one luncheon,

attendance at all conference sessions, a copy of the conference handbook, a

reception and coffee breaks. The registration fee is $995 for the first

attendee.

Add-on the Half Day Fen-Phen Update Conference for $200. ($300 per attendee

for

Half-day Fen-Phen program only. See Fen-Phen agenda for more details.)Special

Discounts

• Additional registrants from the same firm or company — $150 off — $845

• Government employees — one third off — $665

• Sitting judges — attend free

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