Makrogianis v. Target

Summary

In this retail negligence litigation proceeding, plaintiff Vassiliki Makrogianis alleged Target Corporation of negligence in maintaining the premises of the companys Palm beach Store, due to which the plaintiff had a slip and fall accident at the Starbucks within the store and suffered serious injury.

The plaintiff was represented by attorney Daniel Williams. The defendant in this case, Target Corporation was represented by attorneys Charles Flick and Shawn Libman.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Makrogianis, Vassiliki
Defense: Target Corporation

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

Case Number: 2008CA036777
Industry: Retail
Practice Area: Tort Law, Negligence

Plaintiff

Makrogianis, Vassiliki

Represented By:
Williams, Daniel (Gordon & Doner PA)

Defense

Target Corporation

Represented By:
Flick, Charles (Seipp, Flick & Hosley LLP (Miami))
Libman, Shawn (Seipp, Flick & Hosley LLP (Miami))

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:22:33	Break
00:34:25	Opening Statement	Williams, Daniel
01:05:19	Opening Statement	Flick, Charles
01:42:41	General Case Activities
01:43:55	End of Session
00:33:54	General Case Activities

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

18 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

23 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Desaris, Maria	In Person
00:14:47	Witness Cross Examination	Libman, Shawn	Desaris, Maria	In Person
00:16:46	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Gaylord, Casey	In Person
00:31:56	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Makrogianis, Vicki	In Person
01:23:46	Break
01:38:49	Witness Cross Examination	Flick, Charles	Makrogianis, Vicki	In Person
01:58:54	General Case Activities
02:03:12	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Flick, Charles	Lazarus, Brian	In Person
00:06:05	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Daniel	Lazarus, Brian	In Person
00:11:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Flick, Charles	Lazarus, Brian	In Person
00:12:27	Witness Direct Examination	Flick, Charles	Valdespino, Mr. Ken	In Person
00:28:22	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Daniel	Valdespino, Mr. Ken	In Person
00:35:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Flick, Charles	Valdespino, Mr. Ken	In Person
00:36:35	Witness Direct Examination	Flick, Charles	Makrogianis, Vicki	Transcript Reading
00:37:25	General Case Activities
00:39:07	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Makrogianis v. Target

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:36	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Mikolajczak, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
00:49:02	Witness Cross Examination	Flick, Charles	Mikolajczak, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
01:13:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Mikolajczak, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
01:15:55	Break
01:29:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Mikolajczak, Dr. Michael	Transcript Reading
01:34:37	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Dietrick, Dr. Keith	In Person
01:52:09	Witness Cross Examination	Flick, Charles	Dietrick, Dr. Keith	In Person
01:55:35	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Magee, Andrew	Transcript Reading
02:17:10	End of Session
00:00:01	General Case Activities
01:15:31	General Case Activities
01:29:58	General Case Activities
01:30:04	General Case Activities
01:30:20	General Case Activities
01:30:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Mikolajczak, Dr. Michael	Transcript Reading
01:53:26	General Case Activities
01:53:44	General Case Activities
02:16:41	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:42	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Wallace, James	In Person
00:12:10	Witness Cross Examination	Flick, Charles	Wallace, James	In Person
00:15:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Wallace, James	In Person
00:17:29	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Mendez, Ms. Frances	In Person
00:35:10	Witness Cross Examination	Flick, Charles	Mendez, Ms. Frances	In Person
00:42:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Mendez, Ms. Frances	In Person
00:43:00	General Case Activities
00:45:48	Break
00:56:39	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	Rosen, Dr. Stephen Ph.D.	In Person
01:20:52	Witness Cross Examination	Flick, Charles	Rosen, Dr. Stephen Ph.D.	In Person
01:23:35	General Case Activities
01:28:39	Break
01:50:26	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	McConell, Michael	Video Recording
02:19:20	Witness Cross Examination	Flick, Charles	McConell, Michael	Video Recording
02:31:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Daniel	McConell, Michael	Video Recording
02:44:45	General Case Activities
02:46:02	End of Session
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:00:43	General Case Activities
00:45:24	General Case Activities
00:46:15	General Case Activities
00:46:53	General Case Activities
00:47:08	Break

	Description	Attorney
00:00:11	General Case Activities
00:12:42	Closing Statement	Williams, Daniel
00:48:22	Closing Statement	Flick, Charles
01:25:17	Closing Statement	Williams, Daniel
01:30:45	General Case Activities
01:47:55	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:07	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:20	General Case Activities
		00:03:43	End of Session