Ledoux v. R.J Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco litigation, Roland Ledoux claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, while fueling the nicotine addiction of Patricia Ledoux, which led to her smoking-related illness.

Outcome

Percentage of Fault:

R.J. Reynolds-47%
Philip Morris-47%
Patricia Ledoux-6%

Compensatory verdict - $10 million

Punitive damages:

R.J. Reynolds - $12.5 million
Philip Morris - $12.5 million

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Ledoux, Roland
Defense: Philip Morris Tobacco Co
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $35,000,000

Judge: Beatrice Butchko
Jurisdiction: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Dade County Courthouse

Case Number: 07-43991-CA-06
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco, Products Liability, Negligence

Plaintiff

Ledoux, Roland

Defense

Philip Morris Tobacco Co

Represented By:
Stern, Jonathan (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP)
Lee, James (Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP)

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Henninger, Ursula (King & Spalding, LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:18	Opening Statement	Trop, Adam
02:20:55	General Case Activities
02:24:07	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:56:29	Witness Cross Examination	Schneider, Bethany	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:39:07	Break
02:06:44	Witness Cross Examination	Schneider, Bethany	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:30:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:39:11	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:02:25	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:26:40	Witness Cross Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:52:47	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:07:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:44:21	Break
01:55:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:51:37	Witness Direct Examination	Trop, Adam	Janzer, Barbara	Transcript Reading
03:12:58	General Case Activities
03:32:16	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

10 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Other

12 Chapters

PM Session

Other

14 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Other

9 Chapters

PM Session

Other

4 Chapters

PM Session

Other

4 Chapters

DEC

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Ledoux v. R.J Reynolds

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:47	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:53:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:30:05	Break
00:32:38	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:19:25	Break
02:45:19	General Case Activities
02:55:44	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
04:51:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:50	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:51:47	Break
02:12:03	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:01:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:13	Witness Cross Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:31:18	Break
01:50:13	Witness Cross Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:48:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:16:03	Break
00:17:45	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:37:25	General Case Activities
02:48:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:21	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:16:27	Break
01:34:20	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:44:12	Witness Cross Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:26:49	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:43	Witness Cross Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:53:46	Break
02:54:21	Witness Cross Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:17:21	General Case Activities
04:18:14	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:40	Witness Direct Examination	Trop, Adam	Honn, Anita	Video Recording
01:48:49	Break
02:05:11	Witness Direct Examination	Trop, Adam	Ledoux, Roland	In Person
03:02:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:46	Witness Direct Examination	Lee, James	Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
00:48:22	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
01:39:27	Break
01:52:46	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
02:43:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:30	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
01:31:46	Break
01:59:11	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
02:01:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lee, James	Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
02:23:25	General Case Activities		Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
02:43:59	General Case Activities
04:13:04	Break
04:19:54	General Case Activities
04:52:28	Break
04:56:44	General Case Activities
04:58:07	General Case Activities
05:46:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:21:17	Closing Statement	Paige, Gary
02:06:59	Break
02:21:35	Closing Statement	Paige, Gary
03:11:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:14	Closing Statement	Stern, Jonathan
01:22:42	Break
01:43:09	Closing Statement	Henninger, Ursula
03:26:20	Closing Statement	Paige, Gary
03:44:24	Closing Statement	Trop, Adam
03:57:29	General Case Activities
04:28:47	Break
04:48:30	General Case Activities
04:50:33	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:04:16	General Case Activities
		00:08:11	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:11:02	Break
00:12:27	General Case Activities
00:13:12	Break
00:22:42	General Case Activities
00:28:16	Opening Statement	Trop, Adam
00:50:42	Opening Statement	Stern, Jonathan
01:08:16	Opening Statement	Henninger, Ursula
01:14:10	Break
01:34:26	Opening Statement	Henninger, Ursula
01:55:12	Witness Direct Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
03:08:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:39	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
01:05:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Stern, Jonathan	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
01:12:39	General Case Activities		Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
01:15:22	Witness Direct Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	In Person
02:12:25	Break
02:36:03	Witness Direct Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	In Person
03:33:47	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	In Person
04:09:48	Break
04:31:31	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	In Person
04:39:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	In Person
04:50:06	General Case Activities		Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	In Person
04:58:00	General Case Activities
04:58:54	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:03	Closing Statement	Trop, Adam
00:36:05	Closing Statement	Paige, Gary
00:53:40	Closing Statement	Stern, Jonathan
01:45:53	Break
01:56:55	Closing Statement	Henninger, Ursula
02:33:03	Closing Statement	Paige, Gary
02:59:32	General Case Activities
03:02:58	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:21:24	Break
		00:40:16	General Case Activities
		00:44:10	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:38	General Case Activities
		00:06:38	General Case Activities
		00:15:13	End of Session