Laurie Suquet v. Southern Waste Systems

Summary

In this automotive negligence proceeding, plaintiff Laurie Suquet alleged Southern Waste systems and its driver of being negligent in driving its dump truck and taking shortcuts, due to which the dump truck violently collided with the sedan that the plaintiff was driving and caused her serious and permanent injuries.

The Plaintiff was represented by attorneys Cyrus Niakan and David Prather. The defendant in this case, Southern Waste Systems was represented by attorneys Steven Adamsky and Eric Sage.

Outcome

363,000 medical expenses past
644,000 medical expenses future

total for pain suffering 80,000
total pain suffering future 550,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Suquet, Laurie
Defense: Southern Waste Systems
Verdict: $1,630,000

Judge: Glenn Kelley
Jurisdiction: 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Palm Beach County Courthouse

Case Number: 2006CA009364
Industry: Automotive
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

Suquet, Laurie

Defense

Southern Waste Systems

Represented By:
Adamsky, Steven (Mitrani, Rynor, Adamsky & Toland, P.A..)
Sage, Eric (Mitrani, Rynor, Adamsky & Toland, P.A..)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Niakan, Cyrus
01:02:40	Opening Statement	Adamsky, Steven
01:46:54	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Muresan, Dr. Carmen	Video Recording
00:50:07	Break
01:09:39	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Jarolem, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:13:27	Break
02:23:12	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Jarolem, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
03:01:14	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Jarolem, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
04:13:57	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Jarolem, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
00:50:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prather, David	Jarolem, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
01:14:21	Break
01:31:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prather, David	Jarolem, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:04:01	General Case Activities		Jarolem, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:07:48	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Landau, Dr. Ronald	In Person
01:09:25	Break
01:28:53	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Landau, Dr. Ronald	In Person
01:56:58	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Landau, Dr. Ronald	In Person
02:47:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prather, David	Landau, Dr. Ronald	In Person
03:00:02	General Case Activities		Landau, Dr. Ronald	In Person
03:01:17	Witness Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Lichtblau, Dr. Craig	In Person
03:32:20	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Lichtblau, Dr. Craig	In Person
00:48:38	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Lichtblau, Dr. Craig	In Person
01:28:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Lichtblau, Dr. Craig	In Person
01:49:52	Break
02:05:29	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Wolf, Dr. Aizik	Video Recording
02:35:51	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
01:13:51	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
01:49:29	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
00:12:36	Witness Cross Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
01:29:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prather, David	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
01:47:50	General Case Activities		Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
01:51:59	Break
02:11:11	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Lamb, Rowland	In Person
02:55:39	Witness Cross Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Lamb, Rowland	In Person
04:05:16	General Case Activities		Lamb, Rowland	In Person
04:07:21	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Robson, Kim	In Person
00:23:41	Witness Cross Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Robson, Kim	In Person
00:31:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Robson, Kim	In Person
00:34:19	General Case Activities		Robson, Kim	In Person
00:36:51	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Mann, Rickie Jr.	In Person
01:56:58	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Chaitoff, Dr. Kevin	In Person
01:19:25	Break
01:25:03	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Chaitoff, Dr. Kevin	In Person
02:09:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prather, David	Chaitoff, Dr. Kevin	In Person
02:14:31	Break
02:21:09	General Case Activities		Chaitoff, Dr. Kevin	In Person
02:26:04	Break
02:45:13	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Renta, Dr. Alexis	In Person
03:30:04	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Renta, Dr. Alexis	In Person
03:46:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prather, David	Renta, Dr. Alexis	In Person
03:54:27	General Case Activities		Renta, Dr. Alexis	In Person
03:58:01	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Suquet, Laurie	In Person
01:17:31	Break
01:32:27	Witness Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Suquet, Laurie	In Person
01:35:01	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Suquet, Laurie	In Person
03:27:23	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Suquet, Laurie	In Person
00:18:10	General Case Activities		Suquet, Laurie	In Person
00:21:14	Witness Direct Examination	Prather, David	Pasarin, Dr. Guillermo	Video Recording
01:27:34	Witness Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Aguayo, Jody	In Person
01:42:54	Witness Cross Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Aguayo, Jody	In Person
01:53:39	Break
02:01:44	Witness Cross Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Aguayo, Jody	In Person
02:07:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Aguayo, Jody	In Person
02:11:24	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Olavarria, Phillip	Transcript Reading
00:21:23	Witness Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Kernus, Dr. Jay	Transcript Reading
00:53:25	Witness Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Suquet, Laurie	Transcript Reading
01:00:57	Witness Direct Examination	Sage, Eric	Suquet, Laurie	In Person
01:24:19	Witness Cross Examination	Niakan, Cyrus	Suquet, Laurie	In Person
01:34:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Sage, Eric	Suquet, Laurie	In Person
01:56:07	Witness Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Melcher, Daniel	In Person
02:14:56	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Melcher, Daniel	In Person
01:50:01	Break
02:08:59	Witness Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Melcher, Daniel	In Person
02:29:40	Witness Cross Examination	Prather, David	Melcher, Daniel	In Person
03:46:26	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Prather, David	Melcher, Daniel	In Person
01:19:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Melcher, Daniel	In Person
01:58:24	General Case Activities		Melcher, Daniel	In Person
02:09:14	General Case Activities		Melcher, Daniel	In Person
02:15:48	End of Session

PM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

APR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Laurie Suquet v. Southern Waste Systems

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:02:37	General Case Activities
		00:05:21	End of Session