Battistello v. The Tilted Kilt

Summary

Jury trial in dram shop suit filed by plaintiff Robert Battistello in 2007. Battistello accused staff at The Tilted Kilt, a pub chain, of serving an intoxicated customer who was later involved in a traffic accident with Battistello.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff
Defense

Judge: Bethany Hicks
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County
Court: East Court Building

Case Number: CV2007-021244
Industry: Hospitality
Practice Area: Tort Law, Negligence

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

10 Chapters

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement
00:11:35	Opening Statement
00:30:09	Witness Direct Examination	Watkins , Richard	In Person
01:00:40	Witness Cross Examination	Watkins , Richard	In Person
01:23:10	Witness Direct Examination	Durman, Randy	In Person
01:47:00	General Case Activities
01:48:24	Witness Direct Examination	Durman, Randy	In Person
01:49:35	General Case Activities
01:50:50	Witness Cross Examination	Durman, Randy	In Person
02:08:12	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Best, Bradley	In Person
00:11:50	Witness Direct Examination	Porier, Steven	In Person
00:16:10	Witness Cross Examination	Porier, Steven	In Person
00:21:05	Witness Direct Examination	Jackson, Carvel	In Person
01:14:15	Witness Cross Examination	Jackson, Carvel	In Person
02:11:20	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

20 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Other

11 Chapters

PM Session

Other

7 Chapters

JUN

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:49	General Case Activities
00:15:31	General Case Activities
00:23:15	Witness Direct Examination		Transcript Reading
00:24:54	Witness Direct Examination	Levitin, Dr. Robert	Transcript Reading
00:46:40	Witness Direct Examination	Grant, Rvette	Transcript Reading
00:53:30	Witness Direct Examination	Battistello, Bob	In Person
00:57:20	General Case Activities
01:00:27	General Case Activities
01:26:04	Closing Statement
02:05:04	End of Session

Battistello v. The Tilted Kilt

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:01:21	Witness Direct Examination	Eric,	In Person
01:03:37	Break
01:05:05	Witness Direct Examination		In Person
01:25:11	Witness Cross Examination		In Person
01:31:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination		In Person
01:34:14	Witness Direct Examination	Jacobs, Joel	In Person
02:14:36	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:28	Witness Direct Examination	Gidasorn, Merissa	In Person
00:10:25	Witness Direct Examination	Welling, James	In Person
00:17:57	Witness Cross Examination	Welling, James	In Person
00:19:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Welling, James	In Person
00:21:00	Witness Direct Examination	Mayer, Gregg	In Person
00:27:36	Witness Cross Examination	Mayer, Gregg	In Person
00:29:35	General Case Activities
00:31:41	Witness Cross Examination	Mayer, Gregg	In Person
00:32:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mayer, Gregg	In Person
00:33:28	Witness Direct Examination	Mouth, Paul	In Person
00:39:35	General Case Activities
00:47:40	Witness Direct Examination	Mouth, Paul	In Person
00:54:33	General Case Activities
00:55:20	Witness Direct Examination	Mouth, Paul	In Person
01:26:45	Witness Cross Examination	Mouth, Paul	In Person
01:44:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mouth, Paul	In Person
01:52:20	General Case Activities
01:57:45	Witness Direct Examination	Battistello, Bob	In Person
02:08:45	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:37	Witness Direct Examination	Mouth, Paul	In Person
00:16:53	Witness Cross Examination	Mouth, Paul	In Person
00:21:25	General Case Activities
00:23:55	Witness Cross Examination	Mouth, Paul	In Person
00:32:50	Witness Direct Examination	Battistello, Bob	In Person
01:24:24	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:03	General Case Activities
00:17:13	Witness Cross Examination	Battistello, Bob	In Person
00:58:18	General Case Activities
01:01:24	Witness Cross Examination	Battistello, Bob	In Person
01:36:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Battistello, Bob	In Person
01:52:20	General Case Activities
01:53:27	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Closing Statement
		00:22:02	Closing Statement
		00:31:30	General Case Activities
		00:37:13	General Case Activities
		00:40:25	Reading of the Verdict
		00:40:50	General Case Activities
		00:42:13	End of Session