Angela Pope-Morgan, et al. v. Leilei Chen, et al.

Summary

Plaintiffs Asia and Sarah Morgan sued trucking company FBM Group Corporation and driver Leilei Chen in 2019, two years after a collision on a New Mexico highway in 2017 that supposedly left them with debilitating neurological injuries. They accuse Chen of becoming distracted after dropping a water bottle, but the defense alleges the Morgans vehicle was traveling too slowly, and that the severity of their alleged injuries is exaggerated.

Outcome

Verdict for plaintiffs.
Total damages: $21,253,467

Apportionment of fault: Leilei Chen: 82%
William Morgan: 18%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Pope-Morgan, ANgela
Defense: Chen, Leilei
Verdict: $21,253,467

Judge: Stephen Czuleger
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, Los Angeles
Court: Spring Street Courthouse

Case Number: 19STCV16639
Industry: Automotive
Practice Area: Transportation, Negligence

Plaintiff

Pope-Morgan, ANgela

Represented By:
Painter, Paul (Bowen Painter Injury Lawyers)
Morrison, Stephen (Bowen Painter Injury Lawyers)

Defense

Chen, Leilei

Represented By:
Tickner, Kere (McGlinchey Stafford PLLC)
McCliman, Michelle (McGlinchey Stafford PLLC)

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:50	Opening Statement	Painter, Paul
00:55:45	Opening Statement	Tickner, Kere
01:08:15	Break
01:27:57	Opening Statement	Tickner, Kere
01:39:34	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Chen, Leilei	In Person
03:13:30	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUL

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:53	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Rauchman, Dr. Steven	Video Conference
00:11:37	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Grifka, Dr. Stephen	In Person
00:56:47	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Grifka, Dr. Stephen	In Person
01:30:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Grifka, Dr. Stephen	In Person
01:32:53	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Grifka, Dr. Stephen	In Person
01:34:16	Break
01:56:06	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Grewal, Dr. Yuvraj	In Person
02:39:24	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Grewal, Dr. Yuvraj	In Person
02:57:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Grewal, Dr. Yuvraj	In Person
03:00:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Grewal, Dr. Yuvraj	In Person
03:02:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Grewal, Dr. Yuvraj	In Person
03:03:37	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:41	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Amos, Dr. Edwin M.D.	In Person
00:25:22	Witness Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Amos, Dr. Edwin M.D.	In Person
00:52:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Amos, Dr. Edwin M.D.	In Person
01:00:42	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Amos, Dr. Edwin M.D.	In Person
01:07:03	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Karlovsky, Dr. Matthew	Video Conference
01:46:25	Break
02:13:25	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Fors, Dr. Inga	Video Conference
02:47:47	Witness Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Fors, Dr. Inga	Video Conference
03:07:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Fors, Dr. Inga	Video Conference
03:10:49	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Fors, Dr. Inga	Video Conference
03:13:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Fors, Dr. Inga	Video Conference
03:14:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:39	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Karlovsky, Dr. Matthew	Video Conference
00:38:05	Witness Cross Examination	Painter, Paul	Karlovsky, Dr. Matthew	Video Conference
01:25:54	Break
01:48:00	Witness Cross Examination	Painter, Paul	Karlovsky, Dr. Matthew	Video Conference
01:55:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Karlovsky, Dr. Matthew	Video Conference
02:14:33	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Karlovsky, Dr. Matthew	Video Conference
02:20:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Karlovsky, Dr. Matthew	Video Conference
02:22:14	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Karlovsky, Dr. Matthew	Video Conference
02:26:15	Witness Direct Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Marmureanu, Dr. Alexander M.D.	In Person
02:54:09	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:14	Witness Direct Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	Video Conference
00:45:44	Witness Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	Video Conference
01:27:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:33:42	Break
01:54:40	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Kasner, Stephen	In Person
02:41:16	Witness Cross Examination	Painter, Paul	Kasner, Stephen	In Person
03:06:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Kasner, Stephen	In Person
03:09:48	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Painter, Paul	Kasner, Stephen	In Person
03:11:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:43	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Nebel, Andrea	Video Conference
00:21:21	Witness Cross Examination	Painter, Paul	Nebel, Andrea	Video Conference
00:26:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Nebel, Andrea	Video Conference
00:30:16	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Pressman, Barry M.D.	Video Conference
01:04:38	Witness Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Pressman, Barry M.D.	Video Conference
01:17:55	Break
01:40:24	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Stahl, Dr. Michael	Video Conference
02:46:16	Witness Cross Examination	Painter, Paul	Stahl, Dr. Michael	Video Conference
02:53:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Stahl, Dr. Michael	Video Conference
02:58:25	Witness Direct Examination		Persch, Lyle	Transcript Reading
03:22:40	End of Session

Angela Pope-Morgan, et al. v. Leilei Chen, et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:20	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Chen, Leilei	In Person
00:08:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Chen, Leilei	In Person
00:39:58	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Solomon, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
01:28:53	Break
01:48:07	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Wheeler, Michael	Video Conference
02:00:54	Witness Cross Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Wheeler, Michael	Video Conference
02:06:11	Witness Cross Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Solomon, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:28:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Solomon, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:31:50	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Solomon, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:33:39	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Morgan, William	In Person
02:55:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:35	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Morgan, William	In Person
00:44:13	Witness Cross Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Morgan, William	In Person
01:04:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Morgan, William	In Person
01:07:36	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Morgan, William	In Person
01:08:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Morgan, William	In Person
01:09:54	Break
01:44:57	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Filler, Dr. Aaron	In Person
03:26:35	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:10	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Filler, Dr. Aaron	In Person
01:23:36	Break
01:44:06	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Filler, Dr. Aaron	In Person
02:39:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Filler, Dr. Aaron	In Person
02:47:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Filler, Dr. Aaron	In Person
02:49:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:32	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Ruffalo, Dr. Claude	In Person
01:05:32	Break
01:15:01	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Jordan, Dr. Jeffrey	In Person
01:57:27	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Jordan, Dr. Jeffrey	In Person
02:08:49	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Jordan, Dr. Jeffrey	In Person
02:10:59	Break
02:29:45	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Ruffalo, Dr. Claude	In Person
03:23:22	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:14	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Ruffalo, Dr. Claude	In Person
00:48:50	Witness Cross Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Ruffalo, Dr. Claude	In Person
01:06:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Ruffalo, Dr. Claude	In Person
01:13:34	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Ruffalo, Dr. Claude	In Person
01:16:24	Break
01:36:50	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Rauchman, Dr. Steven	In Person
02:34:56	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Rauchman, Dr. Steven	In Person
02:45:49	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:54	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Yun, Dr. Edward M.D.	In Person
01:13:42	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Yun, Dr. Edward M.D.	In Person
01:50:07	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Yun, Dr. Edward M.D.	In Person
02:06:26	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Yun, Dr. Edward M.D.	In Person
02:13:47	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Travis, Dr. Tracy OTD	In Person
03:04:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:26	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Travis, Dr. Tracy OTD	In Person
01:22:08	Break
01:45:00	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Travis, Dr. Tracy OTD	In Person
02:20:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Travis, Dr. Tracy OTD	In Person
02:28:07	Witness Direct Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Delis, Dr. Dean PhD	In Person
02:58:13	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:21	Witness Direct Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Delis, Dr. Dean PhD	In Person
00:45:18	Witness Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Delis, Dr. Dean PhD	In Person
01:24:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Delis, Dr. Dean PhD	In Person
01:29:09	Break
01:50:01	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Morgan, Angela	In Person
02:50:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:27	Witness Cross Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Morgan, Angela	In Person
00:36:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Morgan, Angela	In Person
00:38:22	Break
01:02:22	Witness Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Khayoyan, Dr. Arsine	Video Conference
02:07:27	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Khayoyan, Dr. Arsine	Video Conference
03:00:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:55	Witness Cross Examination	Tickner, Kere	Khayoyan, Dr. Arsine	Video Conference
00:38:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Khayoyan, Dr. Arsine	Video Conference
00:41:40	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Morgan, Asia	In Person
01:20:19	Break
01:40:51	Witness Direct Examination	Painter, Paul	Morgan, Asia	In Person
02:41:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:05	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Segil, Dr. Clive	In Person
01:09:26	Break
01:28:47	Witness Cross Examination	Painter, Paul	Segil, Dr. Clive	In Person
02:25:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Segil, Dr. Clive	In Person
02:37:42	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Andrews, Dr. James	In Person
03:16:25	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:25	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Andrews, Dr. James	In Person
00:16:42	Witness Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Andrews, Dr. James	In Person
00:29:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Andrews, Dr. James	In Person
00:34:34	Witness Direct Examination	McCliman, Michelle	Marmureanu, Dr. Alexander M.D.	In Person
00:48:48	Witness Cross Examination	Morrison, Stephen	Marmureanu, Dr. Alexander M.D.	In Person
01:13:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Marmureanu, Dr. Alexander M.D.	In Person
01:37:56	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Nebel, Andrea	In Person
02:57:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:21	Witness Direct Examination	Tickner, Kere	Spoon, Kristin	Video Conference
00:58:36	Witness Cross Examination	Painter, Paul	Spoon, Kristin	Video Conference
01:14:07	Witness Direct Examination		Persch, Lyle	Transcript Reading
01:39:37	Break
01:59:54	Witness Direct Examination		Nelson, Dr. Marvin M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:24:43	General Case Activities
02:28:44	End of Session