AEI Corporation Seminar - Carbon Monoxide Poisonings 

Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Presenters

John M. (Jay) Freeman, MS, PE - President, AEI Corporation

Mr. Freeman has over 40 years of forensic experience and is a nationally recognized engineer specializing in gas appliances and natural gas and propane explosions.  He is an expert in carbon monoxide poisonings, flammable liquid fires and explosions.  He has testified in state district courts and United States District Courts throughout the United States.  Mr. Freeman is the President of AEI Corporation.

 

Ken Kulig, MD - Program Faculty at Toxicology Associates, Prof. LLC

Ken Kulig MD, FACMT, FAACT has been board certified in medical toxicology for over 30 years and in emergency medicine for 20 years. He was the medical director of the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center for 10 years before entering private practice with the Denver group Toxicology Associates, Prof LLC, in which he is a partner. He practiced hyperbaric medicine at Porter Hospital in Denver which had the area's first chambers, and to where numerous carbon monoxide patients were transferred for care. He has reviewed numerous cases of civil litigation involving carbon monoxide. He has published extensively in the area of toxicology. He remains active in clinical practice, seeing both inpatients and outpatients, and has performed independent medical evaluations in carbon monoxide exposed patients.

Franklin D. Patterson, President/Co-Owner, Patterson & Salg, P.C.

Frank Patterson, the senior partner at Patterson & Salg, P.C.,  is widely acknowledged as one of the premier trial lawyers in Colorado.  He has tried more than 100 jury trials with great success.  Mr. Patterson has been lead counsel in numerous high-profile appeals which created or changed Colorado Law.  Besides serving in numerous legal organizations, he was elected to prestigious memberships in the American Board of Trial Advocates and the International Associate of Defense Counsel.  A sought-after speaker, he makes presentations locally and internationally to lawyers, judges, and insurance companies.  With the American Board of Trial Advocates, he has met with leaders of the legal profession in Ireland, Portugal, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. 

In a survey by the Denver Business Journal he was voted “Best in the Bar” among Personal Injury Litigation/Defense attorneys in Colorado.  For several years now he has been selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer.  Frank has taught in nationally-recognized Masters in Trial Seminars and at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, educating lawyers in the art of trial work.  He has also lectured on many occasions to insurance companies and lawyer organizations. He has worked with the Colorado Legislature on bills affecting the legal profession and insurance industry.

There are 400 non-fire carbon monoxide deaths in the United States every year.  A number of these are related to, or claim to be related to, heating appliances. Carbon monoxide incidents may involve legal, engineering, and medical issues.

 

This comprehensive seminar will cover topics related to properties of carbon monoxide, its effects, standards and codes, and common causes of carbon monoxide poisonings.  It will also provide information on actual cases with engineering test data.  As a seminar attendee, you will get not only the engineering perspective on these types of cases, but also hear from legal and medical experts with expertise in carbon monoxide.  

A live demonstration will take place in a real-world scenario, to demonstrate the effectiveness of carbon monoxide detectors, and how they protect people.