Canaday v. Jay's Place Sports Bar & Lounge

Summary

Jurors awarded a total of $3.5 million to a pair of Georgia women shot outside a Stone Mountain-area nightclub after finding the nightclub largely responsible for the shooting.

Outcome

Canaday awarded $1,850,880 with Jay's Place being 70% responsible

Johnson awarded $1,653,200 with Jay's Place being 70% responsible

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Canaday, Syria
Defense: Jay's Place Sports Bar & Lounge, Inc.
Verdict: $3,504,080

Judge: Wayne Purdom
Jurisdiction: State Court of Georgia, Dekalb County
Court: DeKalb County Courthouse

Case Number: 13A47164-47165
Industry: Retail
Practice Area: Tort Law

Plaintiff

Canaday, Syria

Defense

Jay's Place Sports Bar & Lounge, Inc.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

19 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:00	Break
00:08:17	General Case Activities
00:09:30	Witness Cross Examination	Brogdon, Peter	Eason, Officer	In Person
00:31:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Price, Demetrius	Eason, Officer	In Person
00:39:02	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, Kiarra	Mitchell, Mr.	In Person
00:45:05	Witness Cross Examination	Brogdon, Peter	Mitchell, Mr.	In Person
00:55:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Brown, Kiarra	Mitchell, Mr.	In Person
00:56:51	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Brogdon, Peter	Mitchell, Mr.	In Person
00:59:05	Witness Direct Examination	Price, Demetrius	Jackson, Rodrick	In Person
01:29:17	Break
01:41:57	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Omari	Jackson, Rodrick	In Person
01:53:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Price, Demetrius	Jackson, Rodrick	In Person
01:57:10	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, Kiarra	Sorhaindo, Peter	In Person
02:20:30	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Mecca	Sorhaindo, Peter	In Person
02:24:09	General Case Activities
02:28:40	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Mecca	Sorhaindo, Peter	In Person
02:30:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Brown, Kiarra	Sorhaindo, Peter	In Person
02:32:09	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Mecca	Canaday, Syria	In Person
00:45:25	Break
01:12:28	Witness Cross Examination	Graham, Tanya	Canaday, Syria	In Person
01:27:00	General Case Activities
01:34:00	Break
01:44:45	General Case Activities
01:48:51	Witness Cross Examination	Graham, Tanya	Canaday, Syria	In Person
02:09:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Mecca	Canaday, Syria	In Person
02:20:44	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Graham, Tanya	Canaday, Syria	In Person
02:26:23	General Case Activities
02:42:00	Witness Direct Examination	Price, Demetrius	Eason, Officer	In Person
02:59:39	Witness Cross Examination	Brogdon, Peter	Eason, Officer	In Person
03:02:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Price, Demetrius	Eason, Officer	In Person
03:17:07	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

14 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Verdict

12 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

9 Chapters

AUG

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

Canaday v. Jay's Place Sports Bar & Lounge

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:39	Closing Statement	Crawford, Omari
00:34:49	Closing Statement	Graham, Tanya
01:27:40	Break
01:38:07	Closing Statement	Anderson, Mecca
02:06:25	General Case Activities
02:42:04	General Case Activities
02:42:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:00	Reading of the Verdict
00:04:41	General Case Activities
00:07:25	Break
00:24:20	General Case Activities
00:27:06	Opening Statement	Anderson, Mecca
00:31:32	Opening Statement	Graham, Tanya
00:35:39	Witness Direct Examination	Brogdon, Peter	Anderson, Mecca	In Person
00:46:20	Witness Cross Examination	Price, Demetrius	Anderson, Mecca	In Person
01:14:45	General Case Activities
01:18:31	Witness Direct Examination	Price, Demetrius	Graham, Tanya	In Person
01:20:36	End of Session