Friday, August 25, 2017
Ringling Museum of Art
Johnson-Blalock Education Building
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
CEUs:
Certified Arborist: 6 BCMA 6 -M
FNGLA: 4 LIAF: 4
AGENDA
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration open - continental breakfast items available
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Avoiding Litigation - Why Arborists Get Sued and How to Minimize Your Exposure – Ryan Jones
This session will explain the common mistakes made by arborists and tree companies in their daily practice of conducting business. You will learn what negligence is and how to avoid the problem in the first place. From the moment you answer the telephone until the time you think the assignment has been completed is filled with dangerous probabilities of you being sued for negligence.
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
Writing the Bullet - Proof Contract – Doug Orr
You have always been warned to read the small print. You have always been taught that the devil is in the details. How old are the contract forms you or your company is using? The forms that you use daily to give estimates are one of the first documents used against you in a lawsuit. This session will enable you to understand and realize the importance of wording in an easily understood contract and estimate forms.
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Break with refreshments
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Writing Your Way into Court – Lori Ballard
Without a doubt, the single most important document you will ever write is your report. This session will teach you the professional approach to writing a bulletproof report. Whether your report is a paragraph or multiple pages, it is the one document along with your contract and estimate form that will appear in front of a jury. You must know the do’s and don’ts of writing a report. The best place to learn is at this workshop, the worst place to learn is in court; pick one.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch provided
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Neighbor Law and Trees – Joe Samnik
In no other corner of our industry are lawsuits more probable to occur then between neighbors and their trees. There is much case law which you need to know before you or your employees start pruning trees where neighbors are part of the assignment. This session will enable you a view from the court and the impact which standing laws have on how you prune or remove trees with neighbors in the equation.
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Break with refreshments
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Pruning Specifications and the Law – Joe Samnik
Every estimate you give, every report that you write and every job you do as an arborist is directly correlated with national standards. This session will explain how the court views and interprets national standards which we take for granted every day. National standards are the benchmark upon which rests the allegations of negligence to you and your company.
4:00 PM
Adjourn and Sign for CEUs
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