Jones v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco litigation action, Phyllis Jones claims R.J. Reynolds concealed the dangers of smoking while fueling the nicotine addiction of Demos Jones, leading to his smoking-related illness.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Jones, Phyllis
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Judge: Janet Croom
Jurisdiction: 19th Judicial District of Florida
Court: Indian River County Circuit Court

Case Number: 2008-CA-0057
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco, Products Liability, Negligence

Plaintiff

Jones, Phyllis

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Lay Witnesses

Expert Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:32:50	Opening Statement	Odom, Jason
01:46:35	Break
01:53:52	Opening Statement	Isasi, Jose
03:09:38	General Case Activities
03:12:10	General Case Activities
03:13:08	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:00:30	General Case Activities
01:23:20	Witness Cross Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
02:16:59	General Case Activities		Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
02:19:30	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.		In Person
03:52:22	General Case Activities
04:06:06	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Barksdale, Bruce	Transcript Reading
00:30:00	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Smith, Lamar	Transcript Reading
01:07:58	Witness Direct Examination	Carter, David	Tyler, Diane	In Person
02:01:50	Break
02:14:40	Witness Direct Examination	Carter, David	Tyler, Diane	In Person
03:16:50	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Closings

15 Chapters

APR

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

APR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
01:21:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Ullian, Dane	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
01:59:06	Break
02:06:50	General Case Activities
02:08:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Ullian, Dane	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
02:16:31	General Case Activities		Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
02:17:28	General Case Activities	Ullian, Dane
02:18:06	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Heimann, Robert		Video Recording
02:39:18	General Case Activities
02:39:51	General Case Activities
02:44:15	General Case Activities
06:49:01	End of Session

Jones v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:53:59	Break
00:58:26	General Case Activities
01:00:34	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
02:18:37	Break
02:23:14	General Case Activities
02:25:07	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:36:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:52	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:50:30	Break
02:02:13	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:20:47	General Case Activities
03:31:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:40	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:45:06	Break
02:02:02	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:26:04	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:10	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:42:10	General Case Activities
01:43:05	Break
01:54:48	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:18:55	General Case Activities
03:23:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:12	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
02:18:53	Break
02:34:50	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:50:24	General Case Activities
03:54:39	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:14:04	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
01:39:00	General Case Activities
01:39:48	Break
01:56:19	General Case Activities
02:00:55	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Tobacco Industry	In Person
03:42:22	General Case Activities
03:43:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:45:48	Break
00:49:58	Witness Direct Examination	Carter, David	Tyler, Diane	In Person
00:54:13	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Tyler, Diane	In Person
01:18:26	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carter, David	Tyler, Diane	In Person
01:24:51	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Schindler, Andrew	Video Recording
01:36:03	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Jones, William	In Person
02:08:33	Witness Cross Examination	Walters, Marc	Jones, William	In Person
02:27:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Jones, William	In Person
02:33:58	General Case Activities
02:36:10	Break
02:47:26	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Johnston, James "Jim"	Transcript Reading
02:51:56	Witness Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Jones, Demos III	In Person
03:35:18	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Jones, Demos III	In Person
04:03:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Odom, Jason	Jones, Demos III	In Person
04:05:48	General Case Activities
04:31:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:17:07	Break
00:18:17	Witness Direct Examination	Ullian, Dane	Jones, Phyllis		In Person
01:49:15	Break
02:08:19	General Case Activities
02:18:31	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Jones, Phyllis		In Person
03:13:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Ullian, Dane	Jones, Phyllis		In Person
03:20:17	General Case Activities		Jones, Phyllis		In Person
03:23:47	General Case Activities		Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
03:44:00	General Case Activities
04:10:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:41	Witness Direct Examination	Ullian, Dane	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
01:15:28	General Case Activities
01:30:13	Break
01:38:06	Witness Direct Examination	Ullian, Dane	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
02:05:05	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	Public Health & Safety	In Person
03:41:03	General Case Activities
03:43:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:09:20	Break
01:18:07	General Case Activities
01:20:27	General Case Activities
01:51:25	Closing Statement	Carter, David
03:35:50	General Case Activities
03:36:57	Break
03:50:34	General Case Activities
03:52:20	Break
03:52:38	General Case Activities
04:15:35	Closing Statement	Isasi, Jose
06:11:31	Closing Statement	Carter, David
06:37:32	General Case Activities
06:53:15	General Case Activities
06:57:49	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:26	General Case Activities
		00:03:59	General Case Activities
		00:04:49	End of Session