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National College Credit Recommendation Service

Board of Regents  |  University of the State of New York

Liability

Descriptions and credit recommendations for all evaluated learning experiences

Length:
Approximately 18 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to recognize the importance of using negotiation, mediation, arbitration and other ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) methods in resolving disputed claims.

Instruction:

Major topics are: negotiation, mediation, arbitration and hybrid disputes resolution procedures. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 1 semester hour in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Insurance Law or Business Law (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation). NOTE: Courses 221 and 222 constitute 2 semester hours in Dispute Resolution and Settlement.

Length:
Approximately 18 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to discuss statutory employment issues; discuss common law employment issues; and identify insurance issues involving employment claims.

Instruction:

Major topics are: statutory and common law liability theories and defenses; and insurance coverage issues in employment claims. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 1 semester hour in Employment Law, Business Law or Labor Law (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation). NOTE: Courses 212 and 223 constitute 2 semester hours in Professional Employment Liability. NOTE: Courses 218, 219, and 223 constitute 3 semester hours in Professional Liability.

Length:

Approximately 15 hours of structured independent study.

Dates:

May 2013 - Present.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: discuss the insurer's duty of good faith and fair dealing toward its insured in the context of property and casualty insurance claims; discuss how the insurer can discharge this duty in the course of handling property and casualty insurance claims; dicuss the requirements of state statutes governing insurance claims handling; and discuss the insurer's duty to investigate and pay first party claims and its duty to defend and settle third party claims.

Instruction:

Major topics include: the duty of good faith that arises from the insurance policy; the statute of limitations in bad faith actions; the scope of discovery in bad faith actions; the insurer's duty of good faith in first party and third party claims.

Credit recommendation:

In the lower division baccalaureate degree / associate degree OR in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 1 semester hour in Insurance, Insurance Law, Investigations, or Corporate and Professional Liability (5/15) (6/20 revalidation).

Length:
Approximately 18 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: discuss the rules of evidence; discuss the admissibility of evidence at trial by applying the common law and the Federal Rules of Evidence; and discuss the possibilities inherent in any evidence situation.

Instruction:

Major topics are: admissibility of evidence at trial, strength and weakness of defenses based on admissibility of available evidence; Federal Rules of Evidence. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 1 semester hour in Evidence or Insurance Law or Business Law (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation). NOTE: Courses 212 and 223 constitute 2 semester hours in Professional Employment Liability.

Length:
Approximately 21 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: analyze the court interpretation of basic general liability policy language; understand coverage issues such as punitive damages, wrongful termination and sexual misconduct; understand important policy exclusions, such as the intentional acts exclusion and the work product exclusion; and understand policy conditions and the duties of both insured and insurer once a loss has occurred, including the insurer's duty to investigate, defend and settle and ways to avoid allegations of bad faith.

Instruction:

Major topics are: duty to investigate, settle or defend; and exclusions, bad faith, policy defenses and limits of liability. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 1 semester hour in General Liability, Insurance, Insurance Law or Business Law (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation). 

Length:
Approximately 15 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: discuss insurance coverages including public liability, employer's liability, and workers compensation, as well as fidelity and surety bonds; explain the basic concepts of insurance law needed to understand third party coverages as they are interpreted in the courts; discuss the liability insurance policy and its common policy provisions; and discuss the rights and duties of both the insured and insurer under a liability insurance policy.

Instruction:

Major topics are: fundamental principles of liability insurance and the insurance contract liability policy conditions; the rationale of various courts deciding issues of coverage; the insured's duty of cooperation and the insurer's duties to defend and settle; requirements of unfair claims practices statutes and liability for bad faith. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 1 semester hour in Liability Insurance or Insurance Law or Business Law (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation).

Length:
Approximately 16 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: recognize and discuss theories of liability in order to investigate, negotiate and settle medical malpractice claims; recognize the theories of liability which may be asserted against various health care providers; discuss elements of those theories to develop an effective strategy for investigation, negotiation and settlement of medical malpractice claims; and discuss and utilize court decisions and statutes affecting insurance claims.

Instruction:

Major topics are: rights and liabilities of physicians, nurses, hospitals, nursing homes and pharmacists; standards of care, methods of proving deviation from that standard and defenses. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 1 semester hour in Insurance Law or Professional Liability Insurance or Insurance (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation). NOTE: Courses 218, 219, and 223 constitute 3 semester hours in Professional Liability.

Length:
Approximately 22 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: discuss pleadings, discovery, procedural rules and events before and at trial and identify the procedures and their functions involved in the litigation process, as well as various time periods within which actions must be taken; and understand the jurisdictional basis for bringing actions in the state and federal courts.

Instruction:

Major topics are: control of legal expense and closer supervision of suit files through an understanding of pleadings, discovery, procedural rules and events before and at trial, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 2 semester hours in Pleadings and Practice, Insurance Law or Business Law (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation).

Length:
Approximately 17 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: discuss the law of products as it relates to those who put defective or harmful products in the stream of commerce; examine common and statutory law relating to damages arising from harmful or defective products; and explain the differences in the common and statutory law approaches to the issue of liability.

Instruction:

Major topics are: negligence, warranty and defenses, including intervening causes, contributory negligence, assumption of risk, misuse and statutes of repose, contribution and indemnity, and relevant administrative law. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 1 semester hour in Products Liability, Insurance, Insurance Law or Business Law (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation). NOTE: Courses 220 and 221 constitute 2 semester hours in Environmental Liability.

Length:
Approximately 20 hours of structured independent study.
Dates:
May 2004 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: discuss the duties and liabilities of professionals to their clients, and to third parties; explain duties, liabilities and defenses of those rendering professional services; and focus attention on those factors constituting negligence and appropriate defenses, better directing investigation to avoid unwarranted expense and unnecessary claim payments.

Instruction:

Major topics are: duties, liabilities and defenses of those rendering professional services including public accountants, attorneys, insurance agents and brokers, directors and officers, and architects and engineers; and contracts, statutes and cases which may have an effect on claim evaluation. In addition to AEI produced textbook, students receive actual court decisions, which relate to the subject matter and present real-life court opinions that illustrate how courts have ruled in the past and are likely to rule in the future on important issues in claims. A proctored examination is administered for both levels of the credit recommendation. Scenario and case study-based questions, built around actual claims situations, challenge students to analyze and solve problems using applicable principles of claims law that parallel their own claim files. To broaden students' knowledge of the subject, graded exams are returned with helpful comments that provide a written explanation of why each answer is correct or incorrect. For the graduate level credit recommendation, students also prepare and submit an appropriate graduate level research project on a pre-approved topic or issue, in accordance with AEI's specific guidelines.

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category OR in the graduate degree category, 1 semester hour in Professional Liability, Insurance, Insurance Law, or Business Law (5/10) (5/15 revalidation) (6/20 revalidation). NOTE: Courses 218, 219, and 223 constitute 3 semester hours in Professional Liability.

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