Arenazas v. BP

Summary

Cases that were not part of the original settlement arising out of the BP refinery explosion in Galveston, TX that led to 15 deaths of Texas citizens in 2005.

Outcome

Settled

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Arenazas, Miguel
Defense: BP Products North America

Judge: Susan Criss
Jurisdiction: 212th District Court of Texas
Court: Galveston County Justice Center

Case Number: 05CV0337
Industry: Energy
Practice Area: Tort Law, Mass Torts

Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

AM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Presence
00:00:10	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Opening Statement	Cannon, Ernest	In Person
01:00:12	Opening Statement	Eiland, A	In Person
01:08:22	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:14	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Parus, Don	In Person
00:34:57	Witness Cross Examination	Galbraith, James	Parus, Don	In Person
01:05:37	Break
01:42:25	Witness Cross Examination	Galbraith, James	Parus, Don	In Person
01:50:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Parus, Don	In Person
02:04:12	General Case Activities
02:05:17	Witness Direct Examination	Eiland, A	Tenhanf, Mr. Andy	In Person
02:33:57	Witness Cross Examination	Denny, Otway	Tenhanf, Mr. Andy	In Person
02:47:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Eiland, A	Tenhanf, Mr. Andy	In Person
02:50:35	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:09	Start of Session
00:01:25	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Platt, Mr. James	In Person
00:49:00	Witness Cross Examination	Tekell, Kenneth	Platt, Mr. James	In Person
01:29:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Platt, Mr. James	In Person
01:32:54	Break
01:57:11	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Platt, Beverly	In Person
02:20:32	Witness Cross Examination	Tekell, Kenneth	Platt, Beverly	In Person
02:25:22	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Bahr, Mr. Steve	In Person
03:02:10	Witness Cross Examination	Tekell, Kenneth	Bahr, Mr. Steve	In Person
03:23:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Bahr, Mr. Steve	In Person
03:25:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Tekell, Kenneth	Bahr, Mr. Steve	In Person
03:26:25	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:14	Witness Cross Examination	Galbraith, James	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
00:15:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
00:57:19	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Galbraith, James	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
01:00:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
01:02:51	End of Session

DEC

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:15	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Dupont, Watson	Video Recording
01:16:00	Witness Cross Examination	Denny, Otway	Dupont, Watson	Video Recording
01:54:30	End of Session

DEC

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:10	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Moore, Bobby	In Person
00:22:04	Witness Cross Examination	Krist, Ronald	Moore, Bobby	In Person
00:39:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Moore, Bobby	In Person
00:43:52	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Parker, James	In Person
00:53:39	Witness Cross Examination	Krist, Ronald	Parker, James	In Person
00:55:49	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Moore, Debbie	In Person
01:05:24	Witness Cross Examination	Krist, Ronald	Moore, Debbie	In Person
01:07:01	Break
01:23:54	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Estefan, John	In Person
01:47:09	Witness Cross Examination	Tekell, Kenneth	Estefan, John	In Person
02:19:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Estefan, John	In Person
02:26:49				Cd Audio
02:30:30	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Brantley, Mr. Doug	In Person
02:51:39	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:09	Witness Cross Examination	Fernelius, Stephen	Bell, Mr. Allen	Public Health & Safety	In Person
00:07:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Bell, Mr. Allen	Public Health & Safety	In Person
00:15:13	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Fernelius, Stephen	Bell, Mr. Allen	Public Health & Safety	In Person
00:18:13	Witness Direct Examination	Eiland, A	Howell, Peter	Engineering	In Person
01:26:35	Break
01:49:33	Witness Cross Examination	Fernelius, Stephen	Howell, Peter	Engineering	In Person
03:07:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Eiland, A	Howell, Peter	Engineering	In Person
03:15:07	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:07	Witness Cross Examination	Krist, Ronald	Brantley, Mr. Doug		In Person
00:24:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Brantley, Mr. Doug		In Person
00:27:44	General Case Activities
00:29:04	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Bell, Mr. Allen	Public Health & Safety	In Person
00:54:29	Break
01:17:09	Witness Cross Examination	Fernelius, Stephen	Bell, Mr. Allen	Public Health & Safety	In Person
01:50:09	End of Session

DEC

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Eiland, A	Howell, Peter	Engineering	In Person
00:02:35	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Fernelius, Stephen	Howell, Peter	Engineering	In Person
00:20:12	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Bahr, Mrs. Cynthia		In Person
00:31:25	Witness Cross Examination	Tekell, Kenneth	Bahr, Mrs. Cynthia		In Person
00:57:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Bahr, Mrs. Cynthia		In Person
00:59:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Tekell, Kenneth	Bahr, Mrs. Cynthia		In Person
01:02:47	Break
01:20:50	Witness Direct Examination	Eiland, A	McGregor, Sylvia		In Person
01:31:07	Witness Cross Examination	Tekell, Kenneth	McGregor, Sylvia		In Person
01:42:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Eiland, A	McGregor, Sylvia		In Person
01:45:30	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Crofoot, Richard		In Person
02:18:08	Break

DEC

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

SETTLEMENT

3 Chapters

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

DEC

Arenazas v. BP

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:08	Opening Statement	Denny, Otway		In Person
00:25:43	Opening Statement	Tekell, Kenneth		In Person
00:55:13	Opening Statement	Krist, Ronald		In Person
01:06:03	Break
01:29:38	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Casey, Mr. Keith M.	In Person
02:30:18	Break
02:51:31	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Casey, Mr. Keith M.	In Person
03:13:38	Witness Cross Examination	Denny, Otway	Casey, Mr. Keith M.	In Person
03:25:41	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:10	Start of Session
00:04:14	Witness Direct Examination	Eiland, A	Parus, Don	In Person
01:20:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:17	Witness Direct Examination	Coon, Brent	Manzoni, John	Video Recording
00:56:09	Break
01:21:40	Witness Cross Examination		Manzoni, John	Video Recording
01:32:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eiland, A	Runfola, Mr. Joseph	Video Recording
01:59:03	Witness Cross Examination		Runfola, Mr. Joseph	Video Recording
02:11:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:30	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
00:24:50	General Case Activities
00:25:50	Break
00:32:27	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
01:13:23	Break
01:33:37	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
02:35:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:11	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
01:23:15	Break
01:47:14	Witness Cross Examination	Galbraith, James	Gower, Mr. Pat	In Person
02:31:46	Break

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:30	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Herrera, Ruben	In Person
01:07:25	Break
01:33:05	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Herrera, Ruben	In Person
02:06:20	Witness Cross Examination	Fernelius, Stephen	Herrera, Ruben	In Person
02:59:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Herrera, Ruben	In Person
03:15:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Fernelius, Stephen	Herrera, Ruben	In Person
03:17:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:15	General Case Activities
00:02:40	Witness Direct Examination	Lubel, Lance	Gregson, Sam	Transcript Reading
00:10:25	Witness Direct Examination	Lubel, Lance	Spletter, Ms. Cathy	Video Recording
00:41:50	Witness Cross Examination	Lubel, Lance	Spletter, Ms. Cathy	Video Recording
00:49:26	Break
01:06:59	Witness Direct Examination	Lubel, Lance	Nall, Robert	Video Recording
01:37:05	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Moore, Bobby	In Person
01:57:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:27	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Crofoot, Richard	In Person
00:05:27	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Jones, Donald	In Person
00:51:07	Break
01:11:12	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Zona	Vasquez, Mr. Marvin	In Person
01:45:02	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Zona	Vasquez, Mrs. Cynthia	In Person
01:53:51	Witness Direct Examination	Cannon, Ernest	Jones, Donald	In Person
02:07:57	General Case Activities
02:10:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Presence
00:00:11	Closing Statement	Cannon, Ernest	In Person
00:02:45	Closing Statement	Tekell, Kenneth	In Person
00:07:40	End of Session