A MOCK TRIAL: The Culmination of Everything. How All Hail and Weather-Related Claims Could End (W7)

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

10:30 AM – 12:15 PM

Location: Grand Sierra D&E

Presenter(s)

Howard Altschule, CCM

CEO, Certified Consulting Meteorologist
Forensic Weather Consultants

Slides
Larry E. Bache, Jr., JD/MBA

Attorney
Merlin Law Group
Greg Kaszas

Principal Engineer
GRK Consulting Engineers
HF

Heather M. Fleming

Partner
Traub Lieberman Straus Shrewsberry
Dennis D. Bailey, JD

General Counsel / Trial Attorney
Merlin Law Group
Steven R. Romero, CPCU, AIC, ARM

Executive Large Loss Specialist
iCAT

We are going to organize a mock trial, from jury selection, to expert direct and cross-examination, right on through to closing arguments. There will be an attorney working on behalf of the insured, an attorney for the insurer, and a former Florida Circuit Court judge acting as the judge in our mock trial. We will utilize a neutral Certified Consulting Meteorologist and neutral licensed professional engineer as expert witnesses who will be examined and cross-examined. The trial is going to center on a disputed hail claim and how a meteorologist and engineers can be used in presenting the various theories of causation in a court room setting through the use of industry accepted practices, principles, and technology.