The Case of the Goring Ox: Exploring Damages in the Talmud and in the Modern Secular Law of Torts

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October 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Plotkin Chapel| Register

Join us for an interesting discussion on the concept of “damages” as explored in the Torah and what purpose they serve in our modern-day civil justice system. We will take a look at the history of damages under Jewish law and then go into a discussion about how the concept of damages (nezikin) in Jewish law has evolved into modern day torts.

On the panel for this event:

Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback: Rabbi Yoshi will provide a perspective on Jewish law as it relates to the concept of damages.

Hon. Gerald Rosenberg (Ret.): Judge Rosenberg spent his 44-year legal career as a civil litigator, Court Commissioner, and Superior Court judge. He is regarded as a learned and considerate jurist with an impeccable judicial temperament and a thorough knowledge and application of the law. He spent the majority of his career presiding over Unlimited Jurisdiction Civil Cases in the Santa Monica courthouse. He also served as Assistant Supervising Judge and later Supervising Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court West District. In recognition of his judicial achievements, Judge Rosenberg was named the 2017 Trial Judge of the Year by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the 2011 Outstanding Judicial Officer by Southwestern Law School.

Hon. Lisa Hart Cole (Ret.): For nearly 25 years, Judge Cole presided over a busy independent calendar court in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, handling motions of every type, holding settlement conferences and conducting hundreds of jury and court trials. While in Santa Monica, Judge Cole also served as the Supervising Judge of the West District. Additionally, she sat in downtown Los Angeles in the prestigious Complex Litigation Department, where she oversaw wage and hour cases, class actions, construction, and complex insurance disputes. Most recently, Judge Cole was a highly sought-after judge and mediator in the LASC Mandatory Settlement Program, successfully resolving hundreds of settlement conferences in virtually every type of civil action.

Hon. Suzanne Segal (Ret.): During her tenure on the federal bench, Judge Segal presided over numerous trials, evidentiary hearings, motions, and discovery conferences involving diverse subject matter. Judge Segal served as the settlement judge in hundreds of cases, settling business and insurance disputes; patent, trademark, and copyright actions; and employment, civil rights, and tort cases. Judge Segal handled a wide range of motions and settlements arising out of class actions, particularly in the wage and hour context. Judge Segal has served as a special master or discovery referee in cases involving the False Claims Act, mass tort and insurance claims, patent litigation, and product liability claims. Before her appointment to the bench, Judge Segal served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office for 12 years. Judge Segal has also served as a lecturer in Law at UCLA School of Law and Loyola Law School.

Robert Glassman, Esq.: A Stephen Wise Temple Board Member and partner at Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP, Mr. Glassman represents plaintiffs in large and complex personal injury cases and is a recognized leader in the Los Angeles legal community.  Mr. Glassman was named 2018 “Rising Star” in Personal Injury litigation by Law360 and was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the Super Lawyers publication since 2013 where he has been consistently selected as one of the “Up-and-Coming 100 Southern California Rising Stars”, the list of lawyers who rank at the top of the Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars list.

Registration Cost:
$25 for Stephen Wise Temple members
$50 for general public

One (1) hour of MCLE Credit will be provided.  

This event is made possible by the generous support of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP, and Signature Resolution.