Manatee County v. URS

Summary

In this $2.7 million professional negligence and malpractice suit, plaintiff Manatee County, Florida, claims that defendant URS Corp.'s flawed design of a cofferdam prevented the county from making repairs to Lake Manatee Dam.

Outcome

Percent Responsibility:

URS - 65%
Johnson Bros - 35%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Manatee County Florida
Defense: URS Corporation Southern Inc.
Verdict: $2,172,215

Judge: Peter Dubensky
Jurisdiction: 12th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Manatee County Judicial Center

Case Number: 2012CA002451AX
Industry: Construction, Government
Practice Area: Negligence, Construction Law, Malpractice

Plaintiff

Manatee County Florida

Represented By:
Buesing, Robert (Trenam Kemker)
Hutt, Greg (Trenam Kemker)
Minix, James (Office of Manatee County Attorney)

Defense

URS Corporation Southern Inc.

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:15	Opening Statement	Buesing, Robert
01:22:17	Break
01:43:00	Opening Statement	Mason, Wayne
02:54:10	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Lovett, Thomas	In Person
03:26:42	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Hausheer, William P.E.	In Person
00:08:56	Break
00:10:32	Witness Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Hausheer, William P.E.	In Person
00:29:42	Witness Cross Examination	Kent, David	Hausheer, William P.E.	In Person
00:44:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Hausheer, William P.E.	In Person
00:59:07	Witness Direct Examination	Minix, James	Streitmatter, Jeff	In Person
01:44:56	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Buesing, Robert	Oliver, William	In Person
01:11:40	Break
01:28:55	General Case Activities
01:29:39	General Case Activities		Oliver, William	In Person
01:30:09	Witness Direct Examination	Woodward, Timothy	Mullin, Tom	Video Recording
01:39:15	Witness Direct Examination	Woodward, Timothy	Jones, Daryl	In Person
02:12:30	Witness Cross Examination	Buesing, Robert	Jones, Daryl	In Person
02:51:11	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

15 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

JAN

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Manatee County v. URS

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:06	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Lovett, Thomas	In Person
00:29:41	Witness Cross Examination	Mason, Wayne	Lovett, Thomas	In Person
01:30:01	Break
01:52:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Lovett, Thomas	In Person
02:08:33	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Martinez, Dr. Ramon Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
02:59:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:46	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Tallman, Dana	In Person
01:27:59	Break
01:52:32	General Case Activities
01:53:52	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Tallman, Dana	In Person
02:00:52	Witness Cross Examination	Woodward, Timothy	Tallman, Dana	In Person
02:05:01	General Case Activities
02:17:12	General Case Activities	Buesing, Robert	Brown, Dr. Dan Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
03:14:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:38	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Brown, Dr. Dan Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
01:34:34	Break
02:00:29	General Case Activities
02:19:10	Witness Cross Examination	Woodward, Timothy	Brown, Dr. Dan Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
02:22:04	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Driggers, Franklin	In Person
02:31:29	Witness Cross Examination	Kent, David	Driggers, Franklin	In Person
02:34:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Driggers, Franklin	In Person
02:42:54	Witness Direct Examination	Minix, James	Simpson, Mark	In Person
03:47:15	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:52	Witness Cross Examination	Woodward, Timothy	Simpson, Mark	In Person
00:17:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Minix, James	Simpson, Mark	In Person
00:21:32	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Woodward, Timothy	Simpson, Mark	In Person
00:22:56	Witness Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Hassani, Saeed	In Person
00:43:42	Witness Cross Examination	Kent, David	Hassani, Saeed	In Person
01:00:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Hassani, Saeed	In Person
01:05:06	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Kent, David	Hassani, Saeed	In Person
01:11:15	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:10	Witness Direct Examination	Mason, Wayne	Carrier, Dr. W. David III, Ph.D.	In Person
00:43:47	General Case Activities	Hutt, Greg	Carrier, Dr. W. David III, Ph.D.	In Person
00:46:19	General Case Activities	Hutt, Greg	Carrier, Dr. W. David III, Ph.D.	In Person
01:01:56	Witness Direct Examination	Mason, Wayne	Carrier, Dr. W. David III, Ph.D.	In Person
01:26:59	Break
01:49:45	Witness Direct Examination	Mason, Wayne	Carrier, Dr. W. David III, Ph.D.	In Person
02:03:00	Witness Cross Examination	Buesing, Robert	Carrier, Dr. W. David III, Ph.D.	In Person
03:16:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:36	Witness Direct Examination	Kent, David	Dennis, Kevin	In Person
00:27:53	Witness Cross Examination	Buesing, Robert	Dennis, Kevin	In Person
00:53:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kent, David	Dennis, Kevin	In Person
00:55:26	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Buesing, Robert	Dennis, Kevin	In Person
00:58:31	Witness Direct Examination	Kent, David	Engelhard, Eric	Transcript Reading
01:26:44	Break
01:44:08	General Case Activities
02:14:37	Witness Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Lee, Allen P.E.	In Person
02:51:31	Witness Cross Examination	Kent, David	Lee, Allen P.E.	In Person
03:05:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Lee, Allen P.E.	In Person
03:10:21	Witness Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Steijlen, Paul	In Person
03:27:15	Witness Cross Examination	Woodward, Timothy	Steijlen, Paul	In Person
03:28:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Steijlen, Paul	In Person
03:30:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:22:31	General Case Activities	Buesing, Robert	Ross, Dr. Mark Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
00:36:40	Break
00:42:14	General Case Activities
00:43:25	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Ross, Dr. Mark Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
01:14:15	Witness Cross Examination	Kent, David	Ross, Dr. Mark Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
01:24:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Ross, Dr. Mark Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
01:26:31	Witness Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Meagher, John	In Person
02:04:26	Break
02:23:35	General Case Activities
02:25:35	Witness Cross Examination	Woodward, Timothy	Meagher, John	In Person
02:53:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hutt, Greg	Meagher, John	In Person
02:59:28	General Case Activities		Meagher, John	In Person
03:03:10	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Mullin, Tom	Transcript Reading
03:06:15	Witness Direct Examination	Buesing, Robert	Brown, Dr. Dan Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
03:12:16	General Case Activities
03:15:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:46	Break
00:13:08	General Case Activities
00:26:55	Closing Statement	Buesing, Robert
01:38:17	Break
01:50:30	Closing Statement	Mason, Wayne
02:49:55	Closing Statement	Buesing, Robert
03:03:56	General Case Activities
03:08:51	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:40	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:35	General Case Activities
		00:05:45	End of Session