Coursey v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies caused a smoker's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by hiding the dangers of cigarettes.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Coursey, Debra
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Judge: Dennis Craig
Jurisdiction: 7th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Historic Deland Courthouse

Case Number: 2013 30656 CICI
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco, Products Liability, Negligence

Plaintiff

Coursey, Debra

Represented By:
Foote, Robert (Foote, Mielke, Chavez & O'Neil, LLC)
Gale, Joshua (Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, LLC)

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Lay Witnesses

Expert Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:55:50	Break
01:14:06	General Case Activities
01:20:16	General Case Activities
01:47:59	Opening Statement	Foote, Robert
02:44:51	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

10 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Fiorta , Timothy	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:02:46	Break
01:24:23	Witness Cross Examination	Fiorta , Timothy	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:16:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Foote, Robert	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:35:02	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Other

6 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Closings

4 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

5 Chapters

AUG

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Coursey v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Parker, Stephanie
01:02:02	Break
01:23:52	General Case Activities
01:31:35	Break
01:52:14	General Case Activities
01:55:48	Break
02:05:35	Witness Direct Examination	Foote, Robert	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:10:46	Break
03:25:15	Witness Direct Examination	Foote, Robert	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:59:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:20:30	Witness Direct Examination	Foote, Robert	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:26:38	Break
01:43:37	Witness Direct Examination	Foote, Robert	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:09:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:45:00	General Case Activities
00:48:40	Witness Direct Examination	Gale, Joshua	Fredenhagen, Thomas	In Person
01:40:59	Break
02:06:24	General Case Activities
02:08:45	Witness Cross Examination	Parker, Stephanie	Fredenhagen, Thomas	In Person
02:46:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gale, Joshua	Fredenhagen, Thomas	In Person
02:56:35	Witness Direct Examination	Gale, Joshua	Heimann, Robert	Video Recording
03:11:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:51:57	Break
00:57:45	General Case Activities
01:01:20	Witness Direct Examination	Gale, Joshua	Schoeppel, Dr. Sonja M.D.	Oncology	In Person
01:50:32	Witness Cross Examination	Fiorta , Timothy	Schoeppel, Dr. Sonja M.D.	Oncology	In Person
02:10:50	Break
02:27:10	General Case Activities
02:34:15	Witness Cross Examination	Fiorta , Timothy	Schoeppel, Dr. Sonja M.D.	Oncology	In Person
03:10:30	General Case Activities
03:11:38	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:18:03	Witness Cross Examination	Fiorta , Timothy	Schoeppel, Dr. Sonja M.D.	Oncology	In Person
00:45:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gale, Joshua	Schoeppel, Dr. Sonja M.D.	Oncology	In Person
00:54:48	Witness Direct Examination	Foote, Robert	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
02:08:10	Break
02:27:38	General Case Activities
02:30:45	Witness Direct Examination	Foote, Robert	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
03:03:03	Witness Cross Examination	Harrison, Bradley	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
03:37:38	General Case Activities
03:41:48	General Case Activities
03:43:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:34:55	General Case Activities
00:40:20	Witness Cross Examination	Harrison, Bradley	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
01:19:30	General Case Activities
01:26:25	Break
01:48:32	General Case Activities
01:54:00	General Case Activities
01:55:12	General Case Activities	Fiorta , Timothy
01:56:40	General Case Activities
02:09:03	General Case Activities
02:46:50	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		01:27:40	Break
		01:40:30	General Case Activities
		02:59:39	Break
		03:16:37	General Case Activities
		03:51:25	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:23:15	General Case Activities
00:54:05	Closing Statement	Foote, Robert
01:56:35	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:35	Closing Statement	Parker, Stephanie
01:51:45	Break
02:04:23	General Case Activities
02:06:44	Closing Statement	Foote, Robert
02:19:30	General Case Activities
02:34:18	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:03:05	Reading of the Verdict
		00:05:55	General Case Activities
		00:11:25	General Case Activities
		00:12:41	End of Session