Doris Lucille Cote, et al. v. Five Star Quality Care Inc., et al.

Summary

Jury trial in wrongful death/nursing home negligence suit alleging that Doris Cote died as a result of developing an infected bedsore.

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Outcome

Compensatory Damages: $2.5 million
Punitive Damages: $16.7 million
Total Damages Awarded: $19.2 million

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Cote, Doris
Defense: Five Star Quality Care Inc.
Verdict: $19,200,000

Judge: Mark Aceto
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County
Court: Southeast Court

Case Number: CV2012-094285
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Malpractice

Plaintiff

Cote, Doris

Defense

Five Star Quality Care Inc.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:16:30	General Case Activities
00:47:09	Opening Statement	Lloyd, Arthur
02:20:27	Break
02:35:00	Opening Statement	Williams, Kelli
03:59:00	General Case Activities
04:03:37	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
01:22:10	Break
01:40:10	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
02:00:50	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
02:37:38	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
01:09:18	Break
01:18:31	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Kelli	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
02:14:05	Break
02:29:03	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Kelli	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
02:46:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
02:57:28	General Case Activities		Hewston, Maryann	In Person
03:00:32	General Case Activities	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
03:01:50	General Case Activities	Williams, Kelli	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
03:03:58	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Katherine	In Person
03:28:43	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Katherine	In Person
00:39:54	Break
01:06:45	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Katherine	In Person
01:14:44	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Kelli	Cote, Katherine	In Person
01:49:05	Break
02:07:38	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
03:14:47	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
00:15:28	Witness Cross Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
00:58:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
01:13:05	Break
01:18:02	General Case Activities		Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
01:23:58	General Case Activities	Wright, H. Micheal	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
01:25:40	Break
01:42:02	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
03:17:49	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Parham, Maria	In Person
00:34:43	Witness Cross Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Parham, Maria	In Person
01:04:04	Break
01:45:53	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
01:51:59	Break
02:07:49	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:42:23	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
03:13:03	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
00:18:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
00:49:31	Break
00:54:17	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Dan	In Person
01:25:14	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Cote, Dan	In Person
01:39:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Dan	In Person
01:44:57	General Case Activities
01:47:09	Break
02:21:45	General Case Activities

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
00:58:20	Witness Cross Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
01:24:50	Break
01:40:22	Witness Cross Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
02:50:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
03:03:30	Break
03:16:57	General Case Activities		Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
03:30:50	General Case Activities	Williams, Kelli	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
03:39:07	General Case Activities	Lloyd, Arthur	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
03:44:19	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Maze, Cheryl	In Person
00:42:20	Witness Cross Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Maze, Cheryl	In Person
01:27:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Maze, Cheryl	In Person
01:28:52	General Case Activities		Maze, Cheryl	In Person
01:33:25	Break
01:50:41	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Piccard, Olga	In Person
01:57:10	Witness Cross Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Piccard, Olga	In Person
02:06:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Piccard, Olga	In Person
02:08:10	General Case Activities
02:09:22	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

MAY

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Openings - Damages

7 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es) - Damages

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Johnson, Robert	Video Recording
00:43:43	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Parham, Maria	Transcript Reading
00:59:51	General Case Activities
01:02:18	Opening Statement	Williams, Kelli
01:13:41	Break
01:35:50	Witness Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Vavoulis, Ted	In Person
01:46:48	Witness Cross Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Vavoulis, Ted	In Person
01:49:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Vavoulis, Ted	In Person
01:51:38	General Case Activities
01:52:34	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Closings - Damages

7 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Verdict - Damages

3 Chapters

MAY

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Doris Lucille Cote, et al. v. Five Star Quality Care Inc., et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:29	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
00:21:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
00:50:08	General Case Activities
00:58:49	General Case Activities
01:01:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
01:02:54	General Case Activities	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
01:04:46	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
01:25:51	Break
01:40:26	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
01:56:16	Break
02:03:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
02:55:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:26	Closing Statement	Lloyd, Arthur
01:01:47	Break
01:16:09	Closing Statement	Romano, Carol
02:13:25	Break
02:28:08	Closing Statement	Wright, H. Micheal
03:07:12	General Case Activities
03:15:57	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:06:50	Break
		00:18:06	General Case Activities
		00:20:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:29	Opening Statement	Lloyd, Arthur
00:23:52	General Case Activities
00:58:28	General Case Activities
00:59:34	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Johnson, Robert	Video Recording
01:07:38	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Johnson, Robert	Transcript Reading
01:28:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:46	Closing Statement	Lloyd, Arthur
00:33:08	Closing Statement	Romano, Carol
00:57:51	Break
01:03:12	Closing Statement	Wright, H. Micheal
01:18:21	General Case Activities
01:22:36	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:38	General Case Activities
		00:05:35	End of Session