American Power Products v. CSK Auto

Summary

In this automotive fraud litigation proceeding, plaintiff American Power Products alleged CSK Auto Inc of committing fraud by breaching the contract between the two parties and breaching the covenant of fair dealing by selling the plaintiff products equipped with non-California certified engines.

Plaintiff and other joining plaintiffs were represented by attorney Dodell Herbert and David Goldstein. The defendant in this case, CSK Auto Inc was represented by attorney Marvin Manross and Leon Silver.

Outcome

Direct Damages: 10,733
Consequential Damages: 0

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: American Power Products Inc.
Defense: CSK Auto, Inc
Verdict: $10,733

Judge: George Foster
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County
Court: East Court Building

Case Number: CV2005-019594
Industry: Automotive
Practice Area: Fraud

Plaintiff

American Power Products Inc.

Represented By:
Dodell, Herbert (The Dodell Law Corporation)
Goldstein, David (Hymson Goldstein & Pantiliat, PLLC)

Defense

CSK Auto, Inc

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:04	General Case Activities
00:00:43	General Case Activities
00:29:10	Opening Statement	Dodell, Herbert
01:10:53	General Case Activities
01:11:32	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:50	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Hudson, Amy	In Person
00:35:44	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Hudson, Amy	In Person
01:04:32	Break
01:20:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Hudson, Amy	In Person
01:27:47	General Case Activities		Hudson, Amy	In Person
01:29:58	General Case Activities
01:33:02	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Reyes, Mr. Richard	Transcript Reading
02:04:39	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:22	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Reyes, Mr. Richard	Transcript Reading
00:15:36	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Reyes, Mr. Richard	Transcript Reading
00:24:42	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Kazi, Mr. Ashfaq	In Person
01:23:54	Break
01:52:48	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Kazi, Mr. Ashfaq	In Person
02:12:27	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Kazi, Mr. Ashfaq	In Person
02:54:21	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Kazi, Mr. Ashfaq	In Person
01:19:19	Break
01:42:46	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Kazi, Mr. Ashfaq	In Person
02:13:26	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:15	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Kazi, Mr. Ashfaq	In Person
00:48:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Kazi, Mr. Ashfaq	In Person
01:04:06	General Case Activities
01:08:03	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Watson, Don	In Person
01:22:40	Break
01:45:36	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Watson, Don	In Person
02:03:36	General Case Activities
02:06:49	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Ellis, Larry	In Person
02:41:13	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Ellis, Larry	In Person
02:51:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Ellis, Larry	In Person
02:52:18	General Case Activities
02:53:02	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Saylor, Cameron	In Person
00:49:12	General Case Activities
00:49:42	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Saylor, Cameron	In Person
01:30:30	Break
01:49:50	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Saylor, Cameron	In Person
02:53:34	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:52	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Saylor, Cameron	In Person
01:01:04	Break
01:20:33	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Saylor, Cameron	In Person
01:27:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Saylor, Cameron	In Person
01:51:38	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:46	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Kress, Thomas	In Person
00:24:06	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Kress, Thomas	In Person
00:47:12	General Case Activities
00:56:26	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Kress, Thomas	In Person
00:59:51	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Bowen, Christopher	Transcript Reading
01:13:24	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Bowen, Christopher	Transcript Reading
01:21:24	General Case Activities
01:23:04	Break
01:43:39	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
03:11:09	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:45	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
00:55:29	Break
01:23:21	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
01:38:09	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
02:05:28	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
00:26:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
00:38:29	General Case Activities		Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
00:45:20	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
00:49:12	General Case Activities
00:52:13	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Rigby, Charles	Transcript Reading
01:21:03	Break
01:42:43	General Case Activities
01:43:10	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Rigby, Charles	Transcript Reading
01:48:53	General Case Activities		Rigby, Charles	Transcript Reading
01:51:00	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Kirkland, Cody	Transcript Reading
02:18:04	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Kirkland, Cody	Transcript Reading
02:27:51	General Case Activities
02:28:48	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:21	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	O'Brien, Edward	In Person
00:35:29	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	O'Brien, Edward	In Person
00:36:13	Witness Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Mula, Jocelyn	In Person
01:14:33	Break
01:42:14	Witness Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Mula, Jocelyn	In Person
01:48:06	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Mula, Jocelyn	In Person
02:10:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Mula, Jocelyn	In Person
02:12:13	General Case Activities
02:13:23	Witness Direct Examination	Goldstein, David	Curry, Greg	In Person
02:59:25	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Goldstein, David	Curry, Greg	In Person
00:45:50	Witness Cross Examination	Manross, Marvin	Curry, Greg	In Person
01:10:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Goldstein, David	Curry, Greg	In Person
01:17:34	General Case Activities		Curry, Greg	In Person
01:20:17	General Case Activities
01:20:42	Break
01:41:37	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
01:43:31	Witness Cross Examination	Silver, Leon	Hussain, Sayeem	In Person
01:44:25	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Ruben, Paul	Transcript Reading
02:01:25	General Case Activities
02:05:34	Break

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:12	General Case Activities
00:00:34	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Whitmore, Ernie	Transcript Reading
00:09:03	General Case Activities
00:17:55	General Case Activities
00:20:41	Witness Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Sarabia, Richard	In Person
01:09:36	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Sarabia, Richard	In Person
01:28:56	Break
01:51:46	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Sarabia, Richard	In Person
01:56:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Sarabia, Richard	In Person
01:58:28	General Case Activities
01:59:12	Witness Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Amidei, Michael	In Person
02:11:21	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Amidei, Michael	In Person
02:44:54	General Case Activities
02:45:59	Witness Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Baggiore, Jeannine	In Person
03:22:16	General Case Activities
03:22:59	Witness Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Baggiore, Jeannine	In Person
03:24:46	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Baggiore, Jeannine	In Person
00:30:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Baggiore, Jeannine	In Person
00:31:24	General Case Activities
00:32:43	Witness Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Webb, Joseph	In Person
01:05:58	Break

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:03	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Witness Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Webb, Joseph	In Person
00:17:47	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Webb, Joseph	In Person
00:31:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Webb, Joseph	In Person
00:32:43	Witness Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Wigle, James	In Person
01:01:50	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Wigle, James	In Person
01:18:05	Break
01:44:23	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Wigle, James	In Person
01:57:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Manross, Marvin	Wigle, James	In Person
02:01:46	General Case Activities
02:03:39	Witness Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Smrtka, Bobbi	In Person
02:45:46	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Smrtka, Bobbi	In Person
00:57:28	Break
01:18:56	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Smrtka, Bobbi	In Person
02:27:18	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:08	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Smrtka, Bobbi	In Person
00:18:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Smrtka, Bobbi	In Person
00:33:23	Witness Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Abramovich, Michael	In Person
00:59:25	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Abramovich, Michael	In Person
01:15:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Abramovich, Michael	In Person
01:17:06	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

American Power Products v. CSK Auto

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:12	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Saylor, Cameron	In Person
01:23:01	Break
01:45:36	Witness Direct Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Saylor, Cameron	In Person
02:11:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:31	Witness Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Komm, David	In Person
01:19:27	General Case Activities
01:19:46	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Komm, David	In Person
01:36:28	Break
01:49:18	Witness Cross Examination	Dodell, Herbert	Komm, David	In Person
02:03:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Silver, Leon	Komm, David	In Person
02:08:21	General Case Activities
02:12:41	General Case Activities
02:13:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:17:42	Closing Statement	Dodell, Herbert
01:23:15	General Case Activities
01:24:10	Break
01:43:53	Closing Statement	Silver, Leon
02:49:32	Closing Statement	Dodell, Herbert
03:05:02	Closing Statement	Silver, Leon
03:10:21	General Case Activities
03:14:20	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:25	Reading of the Verdict
		00:02:24	General Case Activities
		00:03:38	End of Session