Hochreiter v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette company concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to nicotine addiction and disease.

Outcome

Mistrial

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Hochreiter, Stephanie
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Judge: Julie O'Kane
Jurisdiction: 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Orange County Courthouse

Case Number: 2015CA003926
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Hochreiter, Stephanie

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Lay Witnesses

Expert Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:17:04	Opening Statement	Mitnik, Keith
01:49:07	Break
02:01:06	Opening Statement	Belasic, Mark
03:23:23	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

OCT

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:35:35	Break
01:51:06	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:41:35	Break
03:47:31	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
04:02:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
04:35:23	General Case Activities		Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
04:37:15	General Case Activities
04:45:22	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Hayes, Dr. Jill	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:26:43	Break
01:41:25	Witness Direct Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Hayes, Dr. Jill	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
02:10:42	Witness Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Hayes, Dr. Jill	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
02:55:18	Break
03:04:12	Witness Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Hayes, Dr. Jill	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
03:48:03	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Other

6 Chapters

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:22:38	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Carrico, Christina	Transcript Reading
01:05:14	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Taylor, Nancy	Transcript Reading
01:23:53	General Case Activities
01:51:18	Break
01:55:28	General Case Activities
01:58:06	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Glenn, Luis	Transcript Reading
02:46:24	General Case Activities
02:47:53	Break
02:52:54	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Feldpausch, Jerry	Transcript Reading
04:24:17	Break
04:28:02	General Case Activities
05:08:02	End of Session

Hochreiter v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:12	General Case Activities
00:04:35	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:40:02	Break
02:00:22	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:54:25	General Case Activities
03:57:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:25:44	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
02:06:04	Break
02:19:16	General Case Activities
02:41:40	Break
02:54:30	General Case Activities
02:56:15	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
04:14:20	Break
04:22:54	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
05:07:15	General Case Activities
05:09:08	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:08	Break
00:18:40	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:41:43	Break
01:54:15	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
02:11:23	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:22:43	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:06	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:34:14	General Case Activities
01:34:47	Break
01:57:08	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
02:47:08	Break
02:52:38	General Case Activities
03:10:54	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:27	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
00:09:35	Witness Cross Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:38:04	Break
01:55:31	Witness Cross Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
02:13:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
02:30:40	General Case Activities
03:03:30	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:45	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Hochreiter, Stephanie	In Person
00:34:04	Break
00:38:32	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Hochreiter, Stephanie	In Person
00:42:56	Witness Cross Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Hochreiter, Stephanie	In Person
00:47:01	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Carrico, Diana "Kay"	In Person
02:01:41	Break
02:12:03	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Carrico, Diana "Kay"	In Person
03:19:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:25:32	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Hunt, Mary		Transcript Reading
01:03:50	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Heimann, Robert		Video Recording
01:16:53	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Johnston, James "Jim"		Video Recording
01:20:50	General Case Activities	Prysock, Gregory
01:22:47	General Case Activities
01:58:45	Break
02:12:01	General Case Activities
02:12:59	Witness Direct Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Hayes, Dr. Jill	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
02:57:04	End of Session