Crohan, et al. v. University Community Hospital, Inc., et al.

Summary

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages in this medical malpractice case.

Outcome

Verdict for plaintiff.
Total damages: $68,635,397.03.

Apportionment of fault:
Alexandre Furman, M.D.: 85%
Rabeeh El-Rafidi, M.D.: 23%
Ammar Saifo, M.D.: 1%
Darshan Patel, M.D.: 1%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Crohan, Robert
Defense: University Community Hospital, Inc.
Verdict: $68,635,397

Judge: Paul Huey
Jurisdiction: 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Edgecomb Courthouse

Case Number: 2019CA009248
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Health Law

Plaintiff

Crohan, Robert

Represented By:
Trentalange, Michael (Trentalange & Kelley, P.A.)

Defense

University Community Hospital, Inc.

Represented By:
Jost, LaMar (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP)

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:21:00	General Case Activities
00:46:38	Opening Statement	Trentalange, Michael
02:01:40	Break
02:14:14	Opening Statement	Jost, LaMar
03:26:12	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:24:35	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Furman, Dr. Alexandre M.D.	In Person
02:11:28	Break
02:29:35	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Furman, Dr. Alexandre M.D.	In Person
04:35:15	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:18:12	General Case Activities
00:31:45	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Furman, Dr. Alexandre M.D.	In Person
01:40:15	Break
01:53:50	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Furman, Dr. Alexandre M.D.	In Person
01:59:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Furman, Dr. Alexandre M.D.	In Person
02:49:30	General Case Activities		Furman, Dr. Alexandre M.D.	In Person
02:52:12	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Leo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
03:59:50	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:19:57	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Leo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:14:20	Break
01:22:08	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Leo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
02:18:00	Break
02:30:10	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Leo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
04:02:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Leo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
04:35:29	General Case Activities		Leo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
04:39:15	Witness Direct Examination	Harris, Craig	Jawarpiwahsarwi, Tracy	In Person
04:53:18	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Jawarpiwahsarwi, Tracy	In Person
04:55:34	General Case Activities		Jawarpiwahsarwi, Tracy	In Person
04:57:13	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:19:00	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Mundry, Jill	In Person
00:28:00	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Mundry, Jill	In Person
00:30:38	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Addrizzo-Harris, Dr. Doreen M.D.	In Person
01:52:10	Break
02:10:18	Witness Cross Examination	La Cava, Louis	Addrizzo-Harris, Dr. Doreen M.D.	In Person
04:15:38	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:17:13	Witness Cross Examination	La Cava, Louis	Addrizzo-Harris, Dr. Doreen M.D.	In Person
01:04:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Addrizzo-Harris, Dr. Doreen M.D.	In Person
01:52:35	General Case Activities		Addrizzo-Harris, Dr. Doreen M.D.	In Person
02:05:40	Break
02:10:10	General Case Activities
02:21:45	Witness Direct Examination	Harris, Craig	Crohan, Sherri	In Person
03:33:35	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:22:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Rotschild, Dr. Jason M.D.	In Person
01:17:03	General Case Activities		Rotschild, Dr. Jason M.D.	In Person
01:26:00	Break
01:41:53	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
02:58:32	Break
03:10:24	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
04:11:25	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:27:36	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Lande, Dr. Ian M.D.	In Person
01:55:15	Break
02:09:39	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Lande, Dr. Ian M.D.	In Person
03:58:25	Break
04:04:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Lande, Dr. Ian M.D.	In Person
04:19:30	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:19:28	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
01:47:45	Break
01:57:55	Witness Cross Examination	La Cava, Louis	Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
03:29:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
03:59:16	General Case Activities		Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
04:03:00	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:22:18	General Case Activities		Gultekin, Dr. Sakir M.D.	In Person
00:40:25	Break
00:50:32	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Suite, Dr. Nicholas M.D.	In Person
01:38:04	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Suite, Dr. Nicholas M.D.	In Person
02:58:38	Break
03:13:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Suite, Dr. Nicholas M.D.	In Person
03:41:00	General Case Activities		Suite, Dr. Nicholas M.D.	In Person
03:45:20	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:14:30	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Leber, Dr. Chris M.D.	In Person
01:12:35	Witness Cross Examination	Sandberg, John	Leber, Dr. Chris M.D.	In Person
01:49:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Leber, Dr. Chris M.D.	In Person
01:59:35	Break
02:22:43	Witness Direct Examination	Harris, Craig	Kirby, Kristi	In Person
02:43:29	Witness Cross Examination	Joyce, Kevin	Kirby, Kristi	In Person
03:06:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Harris, Craig	Kirby, Kristi	In Person
03:16:55	Break
03:41:39	General Case Activities
03:45:50	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:25:40	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Verbalis, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:23:30	Break
02:45:00	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Verbalis, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
03:30:30	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:26:10	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Anderson, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
01:31:40	General Case Activities		Anderson, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
01:45:08	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Anderson, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
01:55:20	Break
02:07:00	General Case Activities
02:17:37	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Anderson, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
03:53:21	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:29:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Anderson, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
00:43:08	General Case Activities		Anderson, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
00:48:00	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Crohan, Robert	In Person
02:16:00	Break
02:40:05	General Case Activities
03:06:30	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Crohan, Robert	In Person
04:22:35	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:04:28	General Case Activities
00:15:33	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Crohan, Robert	In Person
00:46:15	Witness Cross Examination	Sandberg, John	Crohan, Robert	In Person
01:36:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Crohan, Robert	In Person
02:27:24	General Case Activities		Crohan, Robert	In Person
02:29:45	Break
02:44:43	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Suite, Dr. Nicholas M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:53:45	Witness Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
04:08:45	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:21:32	General Case Activities
00:25:30	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
01:49:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:04:30	General Case Activities		Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:13:25	General Case Activities
02:19:00	Break
02:31:15	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Bastarache, Dr. Julie M.D.	In Person
04:22:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Bastarache, Dr. Julie M.D.	In Person
04:38:55	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:24:07	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Spinowitz, Dr. Bruce M.D.	In Person
01:38:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	Spinowitz, Dr. Bruce M.D.	In Person
01:47:55	Break
02:03:20	Witness Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Lee, Dr. Kiwon M.D.	In Person
04:03:30	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:16:00	General Case Activities
00:45:23	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Lee, Dr. Kiwon M.D.	In Person
02:46:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Lee, Dr. Kiwon M.D.	In Person
03:12:06	General Case Activities		Lee, Dr. Kiwon M.D.	In Person
03:23:00	Break
03:43:45	Witness Direct Examination	Sandberg, John	Bishop, Matthew	In Person
04:24:00	Witness Cross Examination	Harris, Craig	Bishop, Matthew	In Person
04:42:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Sandberg, John	Bishop, Matthew	In Person
04:46:45	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:40:24	Witness Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	McLendon, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
01:29:25	Break
01:37:32	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	McLendon, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
02:30:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	McLendon, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
02:40:53	General Case Activities		McLendon, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
02:54:30	Break
03:07:15	Witness Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	Kush, Dr. Scott Life Expectancy Group	In Person
04:03:00	Witness Cross Examination	Harris, Craig	Kush, Dr. Scott Life Expectancy Group	In Person
04:14:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	Kush, Dr. Scott Life Expectancy Group	In Person
04:16:50	General Case Activities		Kush, Dr. Scott Life Expectancy Group	In Person
04:18:15	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:23:08	Witness Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	El-Refadi, Dr. Rabeeh M.D.	In Person
02:09:15	Break
02:27:46	Witness Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	El-Refadi, Dr. Rabeeh M.D.	In Person
02:49:30	General Case Activities
02:59:54	General Case Activities		El-Refadi, Dr. Rabeeh M.D.	Video Recording
03:02:30	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	El-Refadi, Dr. Rabeeh M.D.	In Person
04:35:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	El-Refadi, Dr. Rabeeh M.D.	In Person
04:49:35	General Case Activities		El-Refadi, Dr. Rabeeh M.D.	In Person
04:59:55	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:14:49	Witness Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	Patel, Dr. Darshan M.D.	In Person
00:53:10	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Patel, Dr. Darshan M.D.	In Person
01:39:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	Patel, Dr. Darshan M.D.	In Person
01:50:22	General Case Activities
01:58:15	Break
02:21:54	Witness Direct Examination	Sandberg, John	Greenberg, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
03:08:15	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Greenberg, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
03:30:20	General Case Activities
03:32:15	Break
03:40:12	General Case Activities
03:45:42	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	Video Recording
03:57:11	Witness Cross Examination	La Cava, Louis	Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
04:02:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Sterns, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
04:07:45	General Case Activities
04:34:20	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Closings

12 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

NOV

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Crohan, et al. v. University Community Hospital, Inc., et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:52	General Case Activities
00:22:15	Break
00:40:55	Witness Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Rotschild, Dr. Jason M.D.	In Person
02:00:30	General Case Activities		Rotschild, Dr. Jason M.D.	In Person
02:05:45	Break
02:16:55	Witness Cross Examination	Jost, LaMar	Rotschild, Dr. Jason M.D.	In Person
04:12:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:21:33	Witness Cross Examination	La Cava, Louis	Verbalis, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
01:19:59	General Case Activities
01:31:50	Witness Cross Examination	La Cava, Louis	Verbalis, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
01:45:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Verbalis, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:27:20	Break
02:39:50	Witness Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Bastarache, Dr. Julie M.D.	In Person
02:56:55	General Case Activities
03:16:10	Witness Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Bastarache, Dr. Julie M.D.	In Person
05:20:10	Break
05:35:14	General Case Activities
05:38:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:29:17	General Case Activities
00:45:05	Break
01:21:12	Witness Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Meyer, Dr. Joel M.D.	In Person
03:12:46	General Case Activities
03:22:48	Break
03:30:25	General Case Activities
03:43:03	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Meyer, Dr. Joel M.D.	In Person
04:39:45	General Case Activities
04:48:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:12:30	General Case Activities
00:22:13	Witness Cross Examination	Trentalange, Michael	Meyer, Dr. Joel M.D.	In Person
01:09:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jost, LaMar	Meyer, Dr. Joel M.D.	In Person
01:25:42	General Case Activities
01:33:00	Break
01:47:30	Witness Direct Examination	La Cava, Louis	Spinowitz, Dr. Bruce M.D.	In Person
03:05:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:29:12	General Case Activities
01:09:00	Break
01:57:20	General Case Activities
02:00:05	Break
02:17:45	General Case Activities
02:20:30	Witness Direct Examination	Harris, Craig	Decker, Dr. David M.D.	Transcript Reading
03:05:50	General Case Activities
03:07:07	General Case Activities
03:53:09	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:43:56	Break
01:00:33	General Case Activities
01:30:46	Break
02:09:15	General Case Activities
02:22:28	Closing Statement	Trentalange, Michael
03:33:41	Break
03:48:36	Closing Statement	Jost, LaMar
05:20:56	Break
05:34:21	Closing Statement	Trentalange, Michael
05:58:27	General Case Activities
06:04:26	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:04:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:08:28	General Case Activities
		00:09:00	General Case Activities
		00:10:28	End of Session