Call, et al. v. Subaru

Summary

A West Virginia state court jury determined last February that Subaru was not responsible for the deaths of three passengers who died in a fire after their 1999 Forester sport utility vehicle was struck in a head-on collision.

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Outcome

Verdict for defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Call, Stephanie
Defense: Subaru of America Inc.

Judge: Jennifer Bailey
Jurisdiction: 13th Judicial Circuit of West Virginia
Court: Kanawha County Circuit Court

Case Number: 11-C-533
Industry
Practice Area

Plaintiff

Call, Stephanie

Defense

Subaru of America Inc.

Represented By:
Spencer, Christopher (Spencer Shuford LLP)
Lounsbury, Adam (Spencer Shuford LLP)
Combs, Philip (Thomas Combs & Spann, PLLC)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:55	General Case Activities
00:03:25	Witness Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Key, Jeffrey	In Person
01:20:50	Break
01:41:25	Witness Cross Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Key, Jeffrey	In Person
02:34:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Key, Jeffrey	In Person
02:45:42	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Key, Jeffrey	In Person
02:49:15	General Case Activities
02:53:04	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Spencer, Christopher	McNish, Dr. Thomas	In Person
01:24:43	Break
01:45:15	General Case Activities	Segal, Scott
01:48:08	Witness Cross Examination	Segal, Scott	McNish, Dr. Thomas	In Person
02:30:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Spencer, Christopher	McNish, Dr. Thomas	In Person
02:35:38	Witness Direct Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Miller, Gregory	In Person
02:58:03	Witness Cross Examination	Segal, Scott	Miller, Gregory	In Person
03:09:24	General Case Activities
03:17:58	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

FEB

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full except noted sections that were not recorded.

Call, et al. v. Subaru

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:48	General Case Activities
00:10:30	Witness Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Sperry, Dr. Kris M.D.	In Person
00:47:55	Witness Cross Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Sperry, Dr. Kris M.D.	In Person
01:15:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Sperry, Dr. Kris M.D.	In Person
01:21:52	Witness Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
01:37:22	Break
02:03:00	Witness Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
02:25:00	Witness Cross Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
03:20:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
03:23:06	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
03:27:10	General Case Activities
03:40:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:56:22	Witness Direct Examination	Segal, Scott		Video Recording
02:07:00	General Case Activities
02:09:55	Break
02:26:13	Witness Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Caroll, Savannah	In Person
02:39:45	Witness Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Tsoshu, Kirokazu	Video Recording
03:17:52	General Case Activities
03:25:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:06	General Case Activities
00:05:40	Witness Direct Examination	Lovejoy, Chad	Crawford, Christopher	In Person
00:38:12	Witness Direct Examination	Kesner, Brent	Kuhn, Kendall	In Person
00:58:31	Witness Direct Examination	Lovejoy, Chad	Crawford, Jack	Video Recording
01:31:00	Break
01:51:22	Witness Direct Examination	Kesner, Brent	Call, Stephanie	In Person
02:18:26	General Case Activities
02:31:04	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:58	Witness Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Selby, Daniel	In Person
00:22:40	Witness Cross Examination	Combs, Philip	Selby, Daniel	In Person
00:50:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Selby, Daniel	In Person
00:57:02	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Combs, Philip	Selby, Daniel	In Person
01:00:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Segal, Scott	Selby, Daniel	In Person
01:01:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Combs, Philip	Selby, Daniel	In Person
01:03:50	Break
01:30:00	General Case Activities
01:36:30	Break
01:59:30	General Case Activities
02:22:50	Witness Direct Examination	Spencer, Christopher	McNish, Dr. Thomas	In Person
03:12:30	General Case Activities
03:14:49	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:46	Witness Direct Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Olson, Jon P.E.	In Person
01:21:33	Break
01:45:53	Witness Cross Examination	Segal, Scott	Olson, Jon P.E.	In Person
02:20:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Olson, Jon P.E.	In Person
02:25:07	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Segal, Scott	Olson, Jon P.E.	In Person
02:30:16	General Case Activities
02:34:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:20	Witness Direct Examination	Spencer, Christopher	Germane, Geoffrey	In Person
02:06:18	Break
02:24:27	Witness Cross Examination	Segal, Scott	Germane, Geoffrey	In Person
02:44:13	General Case Activities
03:09:42	General Case Activities
04:01:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:41	General Case Activities
00:40:14	Closing Statement	Segal, Scott
00:55:40	Closing Statement	Spencer, Christopher
01:24:50	Closing Statement	Segal, Scott
01:42:10	General Case Activities
01:55:45	General Case Activities
02:05:00	General Case Activities
02:13:07	End of Session