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Chris Seeger to speak at Mass Torts Forum

Chris Seeger, along with Mike Papantonio of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, will be heading up a forum on Antidepressant/Anti-Seizure Birth Defect Litigation and Zimmer NexGen Litigation in Philadelphia on May 24, 2011. The details are below:

Antidepressant/Anti-Seizure Birth Defect
Litigation and Zimmer NexGen Litigation

presented by Mass Torts Made Perfect, a plaintiffs’
only forum on these two emerging mass torts

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia

Topics to Include:

• SSRIs and Topamax and their role in causing birth defects
• Case selection and client intake – what to look for, what to avoid
• Calculating damages in both birth defect and Zimmer NexGen cases
• What we learned from the Kilker Paxil trial
• View from the bench: Insights from Judge Sandra Mazer Moss and Judge Mark Bernstein
• Zimmer NexGen MIS, the uncemented NexGen CR-Flex knee replacement, and the Zimmer Gender Solutions High-Flex Knee
• Company history and where to file cases in both Zimmer and birth defects
• In-depth discussion on the medical literature in birth defects

Presented by: Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, PA, Pensacola, FL

Faculty: Mike Papantonio, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor; Chris Seeger, Seeger Weiss; Tim Becker, Zimmerman Reed; Ed Blizzard, Blizzard McCarthy & Nabers; Bob Brown, Baron & Budd; Chris Coffin, Pendley Baudin & Coffin; Michael Goetz, Morgan & Morgan; Seth Katz, Burg Simpson; Kim Lambert, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor; Tobi Millrood, Pogust Braslow Millrood; Hon. Sandra Mazer Moss, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas; Daniel Nigh, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor; Ellen Relkin, Weitz & Luxenberg; Mark Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro & Davis; James Ronca, Anapol Schwartz Weiss Coahn Feldman & Smalley; David Rosenband, Weitz & Luxenberg; and Jamie Sheller, Sheller P.C.

Price: $795

To register, call Sharon Boothe at 610-644-3943, or email sboothe@levinlaw.com. To view the entire agenda and speakers, click here to download the PDF.

Sponsorship and exhibitor information available by contacting Sharon Boothe. For hotel accommodations, please contact the Rittenhouse Hotel directly at 215-546-9000 and indicate that you are with the Mass Torts Made Perfect group. Any questions, please contact Sharon Boothe at 610-644-3943 for assistance. Exclusively endorsed by the National Trial Lawyers Association.

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