Carl Thompson v. Lamplight Village Homeowners Association

Summary

A Nevada state court jury slapped a homeowners association with a $20 million verdict on February 15, including $10 million in punitive damages, in a lawsuit filed by a teenager who suffered a traumatic brain injury when a swing sets metal bar broke and landed on his head.

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Outcome

Compensatory Damages : $10,000,000.00
Past pain and suffering: $750,000.00
Future Pain and suffering: $9,250,000.00

Punitive Damages: $10,000,000.00

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Thompson, Carl
Defense: Lamplight Village HOA
Verdict: $20,000,000

Judge: Joe Hardy
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Eighth District Court of Nevada-Clark County

Case Number: A-14-697688-C
Industry: Real Estate
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

Thompson, Carl

Represented By:
Claggett, Sean (Claggett & Sykes Law Firm )
Harding, Samuel (Claggett & Sykes Law Firm )

Defense

Lamplight Village HOA

Represented By:
Brown, Kevin (Brown, Bonn & Friedman, LLP)
Boyack, Edward (Boyack Orme & Anthony)
Orme, Patrick (Boyack Orme & Anthony)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Claggett, Sean
00:22:47	Opening Statement	Brown, Kevin
00:49:45	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Beber, Rod	In Person
01:41:37	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Beber, Rod	In Person
00:47:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Beber, Rod	In Person
01:05:40	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Beber, Rod	In Person
01:13:06	General Case Activities		Beber, Rod	In Person
01:26:01	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

20 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Johnson, Denise	In Person
00:19:10	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Johnson, Denise	In Person
00:34:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Johnson, Denise	In Person
00:39:03	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Johnson, Denise	In Person
00:42:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Johnson, Denise	In Person
00:43:44	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Davis, Cheyenne	In Person
01:03:13	Witness Cross Examination	Brown, Kevin	Davis, Cheyenne	In Person
01:09:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Davis, Cheyenne	In Person
01:12:40	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Griffin, Dareaughn	In Person
01:21:20	Break
01:48:14	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Griffin, Dareaughn	In Person
01:51:53	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Griffin, Davaughn	In Person
02:05:41	Witness Cross Examination	Brown, Kevin	Griffin, Davaughn	In Person
02:11:52	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Hanks, Nikky	In Person
02:40:10	Witness Cross Examination	Brown, Kevin	Hanks, Nikky	In Person
02:45:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Hanks, Nikky	In Person
02:49:52	Break
02:55:59	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Drase, John	In Person
03:38:37	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Drase, John	In Person
03:39:58	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Bonaventure, Joseph	In Person
00:22:55	Witness Cross Examination	Orme, Patrick	Bonaventure, Joseph	In Person
00:31:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Bonaventure, Joseph	In Person
00:32:43	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Markham, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
01:05:03	Break
01:24:21	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Markham, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
01:24:51	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Markham, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
01:37:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Markham, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
01:38:40	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Kaplan, Dr. Stuart M.D.	In Person
02:10:34	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Kaplan, Dr. Stuart M.D.	In Person
02:40:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Kaplan, Dr. Stuart M.D.	In Person
02:46:43	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Mortillaro, Dr. Louis Ph.D.	In Person
00:44:05	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Mortillaro, Dr. Louis Ph.D.	In Person
01:06:18	Break
01:39:11	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Mortillaro, Dr. Louis Ph.D.	In Person
02:09:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Mortillaro, Dr. Louis Ph.D.	In Person
02:14:04	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Fazzini, Dr. Enrico M.D.	In Person
02:43:42	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Fazzini, Dr. Enrico M.D.	In Person
03:07:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Fazzini, Dr. Enrico M.D.	In Person
03:12:25	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Fazzini, Dr. Enrico M.D.	In Person
03:13:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Fazzini, Dr. Enrico M.D.	In Person
03:13:56	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Warren, Eric	Video Conference
00:29:09	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Warren, Eric	Video Conference
00:49:42	General Case Activities		Warren, Eric	Video Conference
00:53:33	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Sanoja, Arturio	In Person
00:31:52	Witness Cross Examination	Boyack, Edward	Sanoja, Arturio	In Person
00:46:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Sanoja, Arturio	In Person
00:56:38	Break
01:17:43	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Thompson, Carl	In Person
01:30:26	Witness Cross Examination	Brown, Kevin	Thompson, Carl	In Person
01:50:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Thompson, Carl	In Person
01:51:23	General Case Activities		Thompson, Carl	In Person
01:52:26	General Case Activities
01:53:46	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Ginsburg, Dr. David MD	In Person
00:25:29	Witness Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Ginsburg, Dr. David MD	In Person
00:33:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Ginsburg, Dr. David MD	In Person
00:34:29	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

17 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
00:50:10	Break
01:05:14	Witness Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
01:24:41	Break
02:02:21	Witness Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
02:06:34	Witness Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
02:36:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
02:45:44	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
02:47:28	General Case Activities		Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
02:52:58	Witness Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Grimm, Dr. O. Steven PhD	In Person
03:02:13	Witness Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Grimm, Dr. O. Steven PhD	In Person
03:17:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Grimm, Dr. O. Steven PhD	In Person
03:19:29	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Grimm, Dr. O. Steven PhD	In Person
03:21:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Grimm, Dr. O. Steven PhD	In Person
03:22:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Grimm, Dr. O. Steven PhD	In Person
03:23:26	General Case Activities		Grimm, Dr. O. Steven PhD	In Person
03:26:37	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Piet, John	In Person
00:23:45	Witness Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Piet, John	In Person
00:29:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Boyack, Edward	Piet, John	In Person
00:30:49	General Case Activities
00:35:40	End of Session

PM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

FEB

PM Session

Verdict

8 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict - Damages

4 Chapters

FEB

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Carl Thompson v. Lamplight Village Homeowners Association

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:27:03	Closing Statement	Claggett, Sean
01:33:40	Closing Statement	Brown, Kevin
02:13:28	Break
02:29:02	General Case Activities
02:29:49	Closing Statement	Claggett, Sean
02:44:02	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:33	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:11	General Case Activities
		00:07:10	End of Session