The Sixth Annual North Carolina
Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference
August 14-16, 2001

Program

Tuesday, August 14, 2001

General Session: 1:00-5:00 P.M.

Registration on site begins at 10:00 A.M. The conference program begins at 1:00 P.M.

1:00 P.M. Welcome—Speaker: Buck Lattimore, Chairman, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

1:10 P.M. Physical Versus Psychological Injuries: A Workers’ Compensation Case Study

Deputy Commissioner: Amy L. Pfeiffer, Deputy Commissioner, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

Plaintiff’s Attorney: Kathleen G. Sumner, Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Kathleen G. Sumner, Greensboro, NC

Defendants’ Attorney: G. Lee Martin, Attorney at Law, Morris York Williams Surles & Barringer, Charlotte, NC

Plaintiff: John M. McCabe, Partner, Davis & McCabe, P.A., Knightdale, NC

3:00 P.M. Break

3:20 P.M. Panel Discussion on Psychological Injuries and Other Workers’ Compensation Issues

Panel: Amy L. Pfeiffer and Lorrie L. Dollar, Deputy Commissioners, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC; Kathleen G. Sumner, Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Kathleen G. Sumner, Greensboro, NC; G. Lee Martin, Attorney at Law, Morris York Williams Surles & Barringer, Charlotte, NC; and John M. McCabe, Partner, Davis & McCabe, Knightdale, NC

Moderator: Douglas E. Berger, Deputy Commissioner, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

5:00 P.M. Adjournment

Reception: 5:00-6:00 P.M.

Wednesday, August 15, 2001

Continental Breakfast: 8:00-9:00 A.M. in Exhibit and Lobby Areas

Morning Breakout Sessions: 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions: There will be two different sessions available in the morning. Each session will be held twice. Keep in mind room capacity when deciding the order in which to attend the sessions keeping in mind room capacity.

9:00 A.M. Breakout Sessions—Choose session (1) or (2) from the list below.

(1) Claims Processing: What to Do and When to Do It—Imperial Salons 3 and 4

Panel: Edward E. Anderson, SCLA, Senior Technical Supervisor/Team Leader, The Travelers, Charlotte, NC; Eric C. Bailey, Claims Manager, Liberty Mutual Group, Charlotte, NC; Barbara Cullum, Supervisor/Manager, Zurich North America, Charlotte, NC; Kathy Goforth, Senior Claims Adjuster, Tyson Foods, Inc., Wilkesboro, NC; and TBA, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

Moderator: Paula J. Barnes, Chief Claims Examiner, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

(2) Medical and Vocational Rehabilitation Issues—Imperial Salons 5, 6 and 7

Panel: Theodore H. "Ted" Sawyer, Branch Manager, Crawford & Company, Raleigh, NC, and Barbara J. Armstrong, President, Medical Case Manager, and Life Care Planner, Armstrong & Associates, Inc., Waxhaw, NC

Moderator: Joseph B. Roberts, III, Senior Partner, The Roberts Law Firm, P.A., Gastonia, NC

10:20 A.M. Break

10:40 A.M. Breakout Sessions—Choose session (1) or (2) from the list above.

12:00 P.M. Luncheon—Empire Ballroom

Afternoon Breakout Sessions: 1:20-4:00 P.M.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions: There will be two different sessions available in the afternoon. Each session will be held twice. Decide the order in which to attend the sessions keeping in mind room capacity.

1:20 P.M. Breakout Sessions—Choose session (1) or (2) from the list below.

(1) The Effective Use of Surveillance—Role Play and Panel Discussion—Imperial Salons 3 and 4

Deputy Commissioner: Wanda B. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

Plaintiff’s Attorney: Valerie Johnson, Attorney at Law, Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Raleigh, NC

Plaintiff Beth Sigmon, Paralegal, Lewis & Roberts, Raleigh, NC

Defendants’ Attorney: Winston L. Page, Jr., Attorney at Law, Lewis & Roberts, Raleigh, NC

Private Investigator: Joseph Burton "J.B." Howard, President/CEO, Howard Investigations, Inc., Asheville, NC

Panel Member: George T. Glenn, II, Deputy Commissioner, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

Moderator: Chrystal Redding Stanback, Deputy Commissioner, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

(2) Ergonomic Standards: Pros and Cons—Imperial Salons 5, 6 and 7

Panelists: Harry Eugene Payne, Jr., former North Carolina Commissioner of Labor, and Robert C. Nerhood II, MS, CPE, CIE, ASP, N.C. Ergonomic Resource Center, Raleigh, NC.

Moderator: Buck Lattimore, Chairman, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC.

2:30 P.M. Break

2:50 P.M. Breakout Sessions—Choose session (1) or (2) from the list above.

4:00 P.M. Adjournment

Continental Breakfast: 8:00-9:00 A.M. in Exhibit and Lobby Areas

General Session: 9:00 A.M.-12:50 P.M.

9:00 A.M. The Future of the Industrial Commission—Speaker: Buck Lattimore, Chairman, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

9:20 A.M. Update from the North Carolina Industrial Commission—Speakers: Tracey H. Weaver, Executive Secretary; John C. Schafer, Deputy Commissioner and Mediation Coordinator; Stephen T. Gheen, Chief Deputy Commissioner; and Bernadine S. Ballance, Commissioner, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC

10:30 A.M. Break

10:50 A.M. Case Law Update—Speakers: Philip A. Baddour III and Theresa B. Stephenson, Deputy Commissioners, N.C. Industrial Commission, Raleigh, NC; James R. Lore, Lore and McClearen, Raleigh, NC; Edwin A. Pressly, Pressly, Thomas & Conley, Statesville, NC; H. Bernard Tisdale, III, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Greenville, SC; and Gregory M. Willis, Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, LLP, Raleigh, NC

Manuscript prepared by Attorney Bruce A. Hamilton and Tara L. Davidson, Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, LLP, Raleigh, NC

Questions from the Floor

12:50 P.M. Adjournment

For further information on the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Conference, telephone the International Workers' Compensation Foundation office at (386) 304-1993; fax the IWCF at (386) 304-8820; or write the International Workers' Compensation Foundation, Post Office Box 11697, Daytona Beach, FL 32120-1697.

The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Conference will be held at The Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center located in the Research Triangle Park. Conference rates are available until July 20, 2001. Use Exit 282, Page Road, off Interstate 40. You may dial The Sheraton Imperial toll free number at (800) 325-3535 or dial direct at (919) 941-5050 or fax (919) 941-5156.

Conference Contacts

IWCF Contact: To add your name and address to the mailing list to receive a printed version of the brochure for the next conference, please call the International Workers' Compensation Foundation at (386) 304-1993. (NOTE: Click here to view or print a PDF version of the August 14-16, 2001 conference brochure now.)

NCIC Contact: For more information about this conference, e-mail:  Nancy Warren Gregory at gregoryn@ind.commerce.state.nc.us

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