Program Details
2026-03-20 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-03-20 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ESTOrthopedic IMEs are high-stakes due to costly musculoskeletal claims, subjective disability, and long treatment. This session provides a structured methodology for defense observers to assess causation, capacity, and consistency, document findings credibly, avoid pitfalls, and produce strategic summaries supporting litigation.
Silvia Aninye
Michael Brusca 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTFalls causing fractures are a leading risk for older adults, often producing severe, life-altering harm. This session examines liability, damages, and expert testimony, highlighting evidentiary weaknesses and providing strategies to assess risk, strengthen claims, and effectively prepare and prevent cases.
Silvia AninyeMichael BruscaSilvia Aninye, RN, ADN, BSN, PHN, CLNC, is a highly experienced legal nurse consultant who has served the State of California for over 14 years, with a primary focus on defense medical examinations. Widely recognized as a leading nurse expert in this area, she is frequently sought out by attorneys for her guidance and expertise. Silvia has educated both attorneys and nurses on the rules governing defense medical examinations and has built a strong reputation as a trusted authority in the field. Her background includes medical-surgical nursing, workers’ compensation, and medical malpractice review, including work at LAC+USC Medical Center, the leading trauma center in Los Angeles County. In addition, she has extensive experience working with insurance companies in policy making, workers’ compensation, subrogation, and case management. She is also an author, keynote speaker, certified mediator in California, and an arbitrator for a FINRA regulatory organization for the SEC, with over 25 years of experience in auto insurance, workers’ compensation, and case management.
Michael Brusca is a partner at Davis & Brusca, LLC in Princeton, New Jersey. Since 2009, he has concentrated his practice on abuse, neglect, and death cases arising in nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, assisted living facilities, group homes, and hospitals, and he is among a small group of New Jersey lawyers who focus their work on this field.
Silvia Aninye, RN, ADN, BSN, PHN, CLNC, is a highly experienced legal nurse consultant who has served the State of California for over 14 years, with a primary focus on defense medical examinations. Widely recognized as a leading nurse expert in this area, she is frequently sought out by attorneys for her guidance and expertise. Silvia has educated both attorneys and nurses on the rules governing defense medical examinations and has built a strong reputation as a trusted authority in the field. Her background includes medical-surgical nursing, workers’ compensation, and medical malpractice review, including work at LAC+USC Medical Center, the leading trauma center in Los Angeles County. In addition, she has extensive experience working with insurance companies in policy making, workers’ compensation, subrogation, and case management. She is also an author, keynote speaker, certified mediator in California, and an arbitrator for a FINRA regulatory organization for the SEC, with over 25 years of experience in auto insurance, workers’ compensation, and case management.
Michael Brusca is a partner at Davis & Brusca, LLC in Princeton, New Jersey. Since 2009, he has concentrated his practice on abuse, neglect, and death cases arising in nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, assisted living facilities, group homes, and hospitals, and he is among a small group of New Jersey lawyers who focus their work on this field.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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