Pablo Gonzalez v. Caterpillar Inc., et al.

Summary

The family of a deceased mechanic who allegedly died of cancer caused by decades of exposure to asbestos took heavy equipment giant Caterpillar and auto parts manufacturer Dana Co. LLC to trial in Florida state court, claiming the companies knew their products contained the deadly material but failed to provide adequate warnings.

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Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Gonzalez, Pablo
Defense: Caterpillar Inc.
Dana Co. LLC

Judge: Jacqueline Hogan Scola
Jurisdiction: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Dade County Courthouse

Case Number: 2013-CA-031838
Industry: Manufacturing, Automotive
Practice Area: Asbestos, Negligence, Products Liability

Plaintiff

Gonzalez, Pablo

Defense

Caterpillar Inc.

Represented By:
Gaitan, Jose (The Gaitan Group PLLC)
Ferguson, Timothy (Foley & Mansfield )
Whisenant, Beranton (Foley & Mansfield )

Defense

Dana Co. LLC

Represented By:
Powers, James (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP)

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:22	Opening Statement	Portal, Janpaul
01:19:07	Break
01:38:47	Opening Statement	Gaitan, Jose
02:41:59	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Gonzalez, Luis	In Person
00:49:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Gonzalez, Luis	In Person
01:00:27	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Castleman, Dr. Barry ScD	In Person
01:55:17	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Castleman, Dr. Barry ScD	In Person
01:03:47	Break
01:37:43	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Castleman, Dr. Barry ScD	In Person
02:11:36	Witness Cross Examination	Powers, James	Castleman, Dr. Barry ScD	In Person
02:55:18	Witness Cross Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Castleman, Dr. Barry ScD	In Person
02:58:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Castleman, Dr. Barry ScD	In Person
03:20:58	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Gonzalez, Pablo Jr.	In Person
01:00:02	Break
01:16:46	Witness Cross Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Gonzalez, Pablo Jr.	In Person
02:27:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Gonzalez, Pablo Jr.	In Person
02:36:07	General Case Activities		Gonzalez, Pablo Jr.	In Person
02:40:16	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Gonzalez, Marcos	In Person
01:21:37	Break
01:45:50	Witness Cross Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Gonzalez, Marcos	In Person
02:21:16	Break
02:28:04	Witness Cross Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Gonzalez, Marcos	In Person
02:44:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Gonzalez, Marcos	In Person
03:03:25	General Case Activities	Portal, Janpaul	Gonzalez, Marcos	In Person
03:10:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Sweeney, Eugene	Video Recording
03:54:31	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Sweeney, Eugene	Video Recording
01:20:49	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Sweeney, Eugene	Transcript Reading
01:21:59	Break
01:47:27	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Sullivan, Mr.	Video Recording
01:59:43	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Mark, Dr. Eugene M.D.	Video Conference
00:41:24	Break
02:12:55	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Mark, Dr. Eugene M.D.	Video Conference
03:22:10	Break
03:45:18	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Mark, Dr. Eugene M.D.	Video Conference
03:52:04	Witness Cross Examination	Powers, James	Mark, Dr. Eugene M.D.	Video Conference
04:04:58	Witness Cross Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Mark, Dr. Eugene M.D.	Video Conference
05:29:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Mark, Dr. Eugene M.D.	Video Conference
05:38:56	General Case Activities		Mark, Dr. Eugene M.D.	Video Conference
05:43:28	End of Session

JUL

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Spencer, John	In Person
01:12:30	Witness Cross Examination	Kunen, Marc	Spencer, John	In Person
03:17:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Spencer, John	In Person
03:37:44	General Case Activities		Spencer, John	In Person
03:51:45	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Grawey, Gerald	Video Recording
00:40:35	Break
01:03:51	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Spencer, John	In Person
02:00:41	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Voelter, Frederick	In Person
00:53:29	Witness Cross Examination	Kunen, Marc	Voelter, Frederick	In Person
01:52:19	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Kunen, Marc	Voelter, Frederick	In Person
00:29:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Powers, James	Voelter, Frederick	In Person
00:50:24	General Case Activities		Voelter, Frederick	In Person
01:05:29	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
01:48:44	Break
02:19:18	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
03:25:14	Witness Cross Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
03:51:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
04:01:59	General Case Activities		Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
04:10:07	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Roggli, Dr. Victor M.D.	In Person
00:48:50	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Roggli, Dr. Victor M.D.	In Person
01:15:55	Witness Cross Examination	Kunen, Marc	Roggli, Dr. Victor M.D.	In Person
01:35:35	Break
01:53:36	Witness Cross Examination	Kunen, Marc	Roggli, Dr. Victor M.D.	In Person
02:00:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Powers, James	Roggli, Dr. Victor M.D.	In Person
02:10:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Roggli, Dr. Victor M.D.	In Person
02:40:10	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Moolgavkar, Dr. Suresh M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
02:55:50	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Moolgavkar, Dr. Suresh M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
01:16:23	Witness Cross Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Moolgavkar, Dr. Suresh M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
01:54:57	Break
02:18:31	Witness Cross Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Moolgavkar, Dr. Suresh M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
03:25:53	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Crapo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:24:52	Break
02:20:37	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Crapo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
02:49:40	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Crapo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
02:54:57	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Kunen, Marc	Crapo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:19:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Crapo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:22:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Powers, James	Crapo, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:42:22	Break
02:02:57	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Garabrant, Dr. David M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
03:28:07	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Garabrant, Dr. David M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
00:13:55	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Garabrant, Dr. David M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
00:33:10	Witness Cross Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Garabrant, Dr. David M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
01:31:17	Break
01:53:10	Witness Cross Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Garabrant, Dr. David M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
02:32:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Powers, James	Garabrant, Dr. David M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
03:10:35	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Grawey, Dr. Gerald M.D.	Video Recording
00:19:49	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Austin, Gary	Transcript Reading
00:31:40	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Kozerski, Richard	Transcript Reading
00:47:45	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Niemeier, Robert	Transcript Reading
00:54:55	Break
01:19:15	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Niemeier, Robert	Transcript Reading
01:37:30	General Case Activities	Kunen, Marc
01:47:08	General Case Activities	Portal, Janpaul
01:54:23	Witness Direct Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Villalobos, Leydi	In Person
02:46:48	General Case Activities		Villalobos, Leydi	In Person
02:51:40	General Case Activities	Powers, James	Villalobos, Leydi	In Person
02:52:49	General Case Activities	Portal, Janpaul	Villalobos, Leydi	In Person
02:54:17	Break
03:18:37	General Case Activities	Portal, Janpaul
03:21:25	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Duncan, Marcella	Transcript Reading
03:30:35	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Duncan, Marcella	Video Recording
03:46:40	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Finkelstein, Dr. Murray M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
01:48:30	Break
02:13:19	Witness Cross Examination	Powers, James	Finkelstein, Dr. Murray M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
02:32:44	Witness Cross Examination	Ferguson, Timothy	Finkelstein, Dr. Murray M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
03:16:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Finkelstein, Dr. Murray M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
03:22:15	General Case Activities		Finkelstein, Dr. Murray M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
03:25:15	General Case Activities	Kunen, Marc	Finkelstein, Dr. Murray M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
03:25:50	General Case Activities	Ferguson, Timothy	Finkelstein, Dr. Murray M.D., Ph.D.	In Person
03:31:00	General Case Activities	Portal, Janpaul
03:47:25	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Duncan, Marcella	Transcript Reading
00:48:33	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Duncan, Marcella	In Person
01:52:13	Break
02:06:55	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Duncan, Marcella	In Person
02:14:35	Witness Cross Examination	Ferguson, Timothy	Duncan, Marcella	In Person
02:17:39	Witness Cross Examination	Kunen, Marc	Duncan, Marcella	In Person
02:51:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Powers, James	Duncan, Marcella	In Person
03:04:22	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

JUL

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

AUG

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Pablo Gonzalez v. Caterpillar Inc., et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:34:18	Break
00:46:20	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Niemeier, Robert	Video Recording
01:17:01	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Niemeier, Robert	Transcript Reading
01:51:25	Break
02:16:09	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Niemeier, Robert	In Person
02:49:11	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:30	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Compton, Dr. Steven Ph.D.	In Person
01:05:18	Break
01:31:54	Witness Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Compton, Dr. Steven Ph.D.	In Person
02:12:04	Witness Cross Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Compton, Dr. Steven Ph.D.	In Person
02:49:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kunen, Marc	Compton, Dr. Steven Ph.D.	In Person
02:55:48	General Case Activities	Kunen, Marc	Compton, Dr. Steven Ph.D.	In Person
02:58:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:20	Witness Direct Examination	Ferguson, Timothy	Reeder, Maria	In Person
00:36:17	Witness Cross Examination	Portal, Janpaul	Reeder, Maria	In Person
00:45:59	Witness Direct Examination	Whisenant, Beranton	Gonzalez, Pablo Jr.	Transcript Reading
01:33:10	Break
02:01:31	Witness Direct Examination	Whisenant, Beranton	Gonzalez, Pablo Jr.	Transcript Reading
02:05:09	General Case Activities	Ferguson, Timothy
02:46:52	Break
03:26:09	General Case Activities	Ferguson, Timothy
04:01:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:50	Witness Direct Examination	Powers, James	Niemeier, Robert	Transcript Reading
00:21:22	Break
00:35:13	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Niemeier, Robert	In Person
02:16:55	Break
02:36:19	Witness Direct Examination	Gaitan, Jose	Niemeier, Robert	In Person
03:15:09	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:22:49	Closing Statement	Kunen, Marc
01:30:06	Break
01:41:35	Closing Statement	Gaitan, Jose
02:39:35	Closing Statement	Powers, James
03:13:36	Closing Statement	Kunen, Marc
03:20:44	General Case Activities
03:38:11	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:02:32	General Case Activities
		00:05:34	End of Session