Jennifer Snowden v. Ethicon

Summary

Jury trial in pelvic mesh product liability lawsuit filed in 2019.

Outcome

Verdict for defendant.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Snowden , Jennifer
Defense: Ethicon Inc.
Oladell, Charmaine

Judge: Paula Rosales
Jurisdiction: Dallas County Court at Law
Court: Dallas County Court at Law No. 4

Case Number: CC-19-05461-D
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Products Liability, Malpractice

Plaintiff

Snowden , Jennifer

Defense

Ethicon Inc.

Represented By:
Cowan, Christopher (Butler Snow LLP)
Vital, Victor ( Barnes & Thornburg LLP)
Gallagher, Kathleen (Rodman & Rodman, LLC)

Defense

Oladell, Charmaine

Represented By:
Shaw, Diane (Shaw & Associates, PC )

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Martin, Ben
01:35:45	Break
02:05:48	Opening Statement	Vital, Victor
03:21:30	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

NOV

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Aldous, Charla	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
00:16:12	Break
00:21:47	Witness Cross Examination	Aldous, Charla	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:44:57	Break
02:00:47	Witness Cross Examination	Aldous, Charla	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
03:18:34	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Fr. Daniel	Video Recording
00:01:05	Witness Direct Examination	Holste, Dr. Jorg	Video Recording
00:41:16	Witness Cross Examination	Holste, Dr. Jorg	Video Recording
00:51:15	Break
01:10:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Holste, Dr. Jorg	Video Recording
01:16:00	Witness Direct Examination	Arnaud, Dr. Axel MD	Video Recording
01:47:30	Witness Cross Examination	Arnaud, Dr. Axel MD	Video Recording
02:01:45	Witness Direct Examination	Hart, Dr. James M.D.	Video Recording
02:30:15	Witness Cross Examination	Hart, Dr. James M.D.	Video Recording
02:33:25	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:35:28	Break
01:52:46	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
02:07:14	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
00:17:13	Witness Direct Examination	Shaw, Diane	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:11:25	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:43:57	Break
02:31:42	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
03:19:40	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
		00:39:06	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
00:56:17	Break
01:04:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shaw, Diane	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:38:08	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Aldous, Charla	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
02:41:35	Break
02:51:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Aldous, Charla	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
03:00:58	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
03:02:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shaw, Diane	England, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
03:17:30	Witness Direct Examination	Baughman, Laura	Hibner, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
03:40:36	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Baughman, Laura	Hibner, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:49:05	Break
02:10:15	Witness Cross Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Hibner, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
02:17:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Baughman, Laura	Hibner, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
02:21:15	Witness Direct Examination	Baughman, Laura	Nieves, Dr. Luis M.D.	Video Recording
03:17:05	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Baughman, Laura	Nieves, Dr. Luis M.D.	Video Recording
00:13:15	Witness Cross Examination		Nieves, Dr. Luis M.D.	Video Recording
00:23:10	Witness Cross Examination		Nieves, Dr. Luis M.D.	Video Recording
00:31:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Baughman, Laura	Nieves, Dr. Luis M.D.	Video Recording
00:36:10	Witness Direct Examination		Kirkemo, Aaron	Video Recording
00:51:03	Witness Cross Examination		Kirkemo, Aaron	Video Recording
00:55:10	Witness Direct Examination		Angelini, Laura	Video Recording
01:05:00	Witness Cross Examination		Angelini, Laura	Video Recording
01:17:35	Break
01:34:40	Witness Direct Examination		Hellhammer, Brigitte	Video Recording
01:51:30	Witness Cross Examination		Hellhammer, Brigitte	Video Recording
01:56:08	Witness Direct Examination	Baughman, Laura	Barbolt, Dr. Thomas Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:25:42	Witness Cross Examination		Barbolt, Dr. Thomas Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:45:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Baughman, Laura	Barbolt, Dr. Thomas Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:46:24	Witness Direct Examination		Robinson, Dr. David MD	Video Recording
03:04:40	Witness Cross Examination		Robinson, Dr. David MD	Video Recording
03:20:05	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Aldous, Charla	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
01:32:25	Break
01:52:40	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
02:55:52	Break
03:11:25	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
04:07:05	Witness Cross Examination	Shaw, Diane	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
04:27:35	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Shaw, Diane	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
01:17:05	Break
01:38:20	Witness Cross Examination	Shaw, Diane	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
01:46:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Aldous, Charla	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
01:59:20	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
02:22:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Aldous, Charla	Oladell, Dr. Charmaine M.D.	In Person
02:25:53	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Aldous, Charla	Snowden, Jennifer	In Person
00:56:04	Break
01:15:20	Witness Cross Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Snowden, Jennifer	In Person
01:50:10	Witness Cross Examination		Snowden, Jennifer	In Person
01:54:02	Break
02:01:20	Witness Cross Examination		Snowden, Jennifer	In Person
02:04:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Aldous, Charla	Snowden, Jennifer	In Person
02:11:00	Witness Direct Examination	Michaels, Joshua	Funderburk , Dr. Dale Ph.D.	In Person
02:23:20	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	Funderburk , Dr. Dale Ph.D.	In Person
02:27:20	Witness Direct Examination	Michaels, Joshua	Levy, Leigh RN	In Person
03:50:50	Break
04:06:55	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	Levy, Leigh RN	In Person
04:42:10	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Vital, Victor	Levy, Leigh RN	In Person
00:16:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Michaels, Joshua	Levy, Leigh RN	In Person
00:37:07	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Shoemaker, Dr. Stan M.D.	Video Conference
00:33:03	Break
00:39:28	Witness Direct Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Shoemaker, Dr. Stan M.D.	Video Conference
01:34:03	Break
01:50:37	Witness Direct Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Shoemaker, Dr. Stan M.D.	Video Conference
02:32:56	Witness Cross Examination	Aldous, Charla	Shoemaker, Dr. Stan M.D.	Video Conference
02:53:23	Break
03:02:28	Witness Cross Examination	Aldous, Charla	Shoemaker, Dr. Stan M.D.	Video Conference
03:53:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Shoemaker, Dr. Stan M.D.	Video Conference
03:59:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Aldous, Charla	Shoemaker, Dr. Stan M.D.	Video Conference
04:04:33	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
01:01:06	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
01:15:42	Break
02:20:23	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
03:20:30	Break
03:32:30	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
04:44:08	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
00:28:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
00:45:56	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
00:52:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
00:54:05	Break
01:08:16	Witness Direct Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Sepulveda, Dr. Jaime M.D.	In Person
02:11:00	Break
02:24:30	Witness Direct Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Sepulveda, Dr. Jaime M.D.	In Person
03:46:14	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	Sepulveda, Dr. Jaime M.D.	In Person
01:09:45	Break
01:34:23	Witness Cross Examination	Baughman, Laura	Sepulveda, Dr. Jaime M.D.	In Person
02:14:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gallagher, Kathleen	Sepulveda, Dr. Jaime M.D.	In Person
02:27:05	Break
02:45:13	Witness Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Felix, Dr. Juan M.D.	In Person
03:30:54	Witness Cross Examination	Martin, Ben	Felix, Dr. Juan M.D.	In Person
03:58:50	Break
04:12:17	Witness Cross Examination	Martin, Ben	Felix, Dr. Juan M.D.	In Person
04:36:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Felix, Dr. Juan M.D.	In Person
04:45:06	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Martin, Ben	Felix, Dr. Juan M.D.	In Person
04:46:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Felix, Dr. Juan M.D.	In Person
04:49:05	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination		Lopez, Donnie	Video Recording
00:17:01	Witness Direct Examination		McCarthy, Dr. Angela M.D.	Video Recording
00:43:41	Witness Cross Examination		McCarthy, Dr. Angela M.D.	Video Recording
00:44:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination		McCarthy, Dr. Angela M.D.	Video Recording
00:45:07	Witness Direct Examination		Nuss, Dr. Geoffrey M.D.	Video Recording
01:00:20	Witness Cross Examination		Nuss, Dr. Geoffrey M.D.	Video Recording
01:11:45	Break
01:25:29	Witness Direct Examination		Thames, Dr. Shelby Ph.D.	Video Conference
02:05:05	Witness Cross Examination	Martin, Ben	Thames, Dr. Shelby Ph.D.	Video Conference
02:19:50	Break
02:29:32	Witness Cross Examination	Martin, Ben	Thames, Dr. Shelby Ph.D.	Video Conference
03:09:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Thames, Dr. Shelby Ph.D.	Video Conference
03:16:20	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Martin, Ben	Thames, Dr. Shelby Ph.D.	Video Conference
03:20:05	General Case Activities
03:22:07	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

DEC

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Jennifer Snowden v. Ethicon

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	Video Recording
00:23:23	Witness Direct Examination	Chen, Dr. Meng M.D.	Video Recording
01:35:51	Break
01:54:19	Witness Direct Examination	Chen, Dr. Meng M.D.	Video Recording
02:29:29	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Fr. Daniel	Video Recording
03:45:39	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:42	Witness Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
02:52:42	Break
03:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cowan, Christopher	Elbert, Dr. Katrin Ph.D.	In Person
03:21:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:22:58	Closing Statement	Aldous, Charla
01:45:18	Break
01:59:53	Closing Statement	Gallagher, Kathleen
03:25:32	Closing Statement	Aldous, Charla
03:56:59	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:27	General Case Activities
		00:03:06	End of Session