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Sound Transit the regional transit authority is hiring a Risk & Claims Specialist and a Senior Risk & Insurance Specialist.

8:30am – 1:00pm at Embassy Suites, Tukwila, WA

AGENDA

8:30-9:00am – Registration & beverage service

9:00-9:45am – Welcome & introductions; Treasurer’s Report; Voting for new Officers and Board Members

9:45-10:45am – 2008 ADA Reasonable Accommodations Update

10:45-11:00am – Break

11:00-12:00pm – FEMA Update – “The Stafford Act”

12:00-1:00pm – Lunch

King County Housing Authority is hiring a part-time Risk Management Analyst.  Here’s the job posting.

This story in The Seattle Times details the allegations giving rise to Rollins’ and Hendershott’s lawsuit against King County.  Here’s the Court of Appeals decision.

UPDATE 02/23/09: King County filed its Petition for Review with The Supreme Court of The State of Washington.  Here’s King County’s petition.  And, here’s the original Tegman decision (h/t Keating Bucklin & McCormack).

Broadspire, a Crawford Company is hiring for Claims Examiner II & III, Senior Claims Examiner, Team Manager and Medical Claim Analyst.  Contact Employment Recruiter LaTesa Williams for details.

City of Bremerton is hiring a Risk Management Specialist.  Here’s the listing.

UPDATE 02/13/09: Bremerton is postponing filling the position and will reassess that decision in about six months.

Washington State Transit Insurance Pool, a risk pool of 23 transit organizations is hiring a Risk Management Specialist. The job posting is here.

Sound Transit, the regional transit authority is hiring for a temporary (8-10 week) position for Risk Manager. The job posting is here.

8:30am – 1:00pm, Embassy Suites, Tukwila, WA.

Michael Tardif of  Freimund, Jackson & Tardif, LLP – Maria Tegman v Accident & Medical Investigations – Analysis and Practical Application for the Public Risk Management Professional.

The presentation at the quarterly meeting will be on Tegman v. Accident and Medical Investigations (2003). Tegman substantially altered prior law by holding that the intentional conduct of defendants must be “segregated” from the negligent conduct of co-defendants. The result is that there is no joint and several liability for intentional conduct. This is very important to government defendants in deep pocket cases in which they are often co-defendants with criminals, abusers, reckless drivers, and other similar intentional actors.

The presentation will explain the traditional doctrine of joint and several liability in Washington, and how that doctrine was changed by the tort reform acts of 1981 and 1986. The presentation will then explain the complicated history of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the 1981 and 1986 acts, and how the Supreme Court eventually reached the interpretation in Tegman. There will be a hypothetical that shows graphically how the application of Tegman reduces verdict and settlement values in the typical intentional conduct case. Finally, the presentation will discuss the reasons that trial courts have been reluctant to apply Tegman correctly and will provide guidance to government defendants on how to overcome resistance to the application of Tegman.

Tammy Fellin, Municipal Policy Associate, Association of Washington Cities will provide the Washington State Legislative update.