Register today to hear a series of cutting-edge presentations designed to provide you with the
information you need to know to better handle workers’ compensation issues in your practice.

Don’t miss our moderator’s summary of the top ten workers’ compensation cases that every
practitioner needs to know, including cases on going-and-coming, recreational activity claims,
idiopathic claims, occupational disease claims, and standards for establishing a permanent
disability claim.
Featuring: John H. Geaney, Esq., Capehart Scatchard (Moderator)

Pain management issues are paramount in New Jersey workers’ compensation. Listen to a
well known pain management expert explain the proper role of narcotics and analgesics in
managing pain, when more aggressive measures must be taken to control chronic and severe
pain, how to wean patients off medications, and how to treat conditions like Complex Regional
Pain Syndrome. Featuring: Dr. Todd Stitik, UMDNJ

Practitioners of all levels of experience will benefit from this session which provides an
overview of key workers’ compensation statutes and rules in workers’ compensation,
including:
• Mechanics of Second Injury Fund applications
• Section 40 liens
• Child support liens
• Medical reimbursement liens
• Medicare Secondary Payer Statute and SCHIP law
• Summary of 2008 Reform Legislation
Featuring: Carla Aldarelli, Esq., Capehart Scatchard

In our own version of “Compensation Crossfire,” you’ll hear a petitioner’s attorney and a
defense attorney square off and provide their perspectives in handling a workers’
compensation case using realistic case scenarios. A workers’ compensation judge will offer
the judicial perspective on what evidence would be important to consider in each hypothetical
case scenario.
Featuring: Hon. Arcides Cruz, Judge of Compensation
Sam Gaylord, Esq., Gaylord & Yuska; Rich Arnold, Esq., Weber Gallagher

Many workers’ compensation injuries fall within the area of sports medicine, including serious
back, neck, knee and shoulder injuries. Listen to an experience orthopedic surgeon explain
the mechanism of such injuries, current treatment techniques, conservative treatment versus
surgery, and appropriate periods of recovery.
Featuring: Dr. Ramil S. Bhatnagar, M.D., Orthopedic Institute of Central Jersey