Myles Hunwardsen v. Affinitylifestyles.com, Inc.

Summary

"Lawsuits are mounting against a Las Vegas-based bottled water brand, Real Water, amid a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation and accusations by more people in more states that it caused liver illness and other ailments."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lawsuits-mount-nevada-based-real-water-amid-fda-probe-n1262078

Outcome

Verdict for plaintiff.
Total damages: $129,080,238.
Including $29,080,238 in compensatory damages and $100,000,000 in punitive damages.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Hunwardsen, Myles
Defense: Real Water
ETT
Verdict: $129,080,238

Judge: Joanna Kishner
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Eighth District Court of Nevada-Clark County

Case Number: A-21-831543-B
Industry
Practice Area

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:02:02	General Case Activities
00:59:55	Break
01:14:20	General Case Activities
01:41:25	General Case Activities
02:00:25	Opening Statement	Kemp, William
02:46:17	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Openings

12 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:16	General Case Activities
00:04:30	Witness Direct Examination	Pepperman, Eric	Najm, Dr. Issam Ph.D.	In Person
00:08:48	Witness Cross Examination	Love, Mark	Najm, Dr. Issam Ph.D.	In Person
00:41:53	Witness Cross Examination	Rojas, Valerie	Najm, Dr. Issam Ph.D.	In Person
00:50:30	Witness Direct Examination	Switzler, Breanna	Schaffer, Jazmin	In Person
01:10:10	Witness Cross Examination	Odou , Joel	Schaffer, Jazmin	In Person
01:17:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Switzler, Breanna	Schaffer, Jazmin	In Person
01:21:00	Witness Direct Examination	Pepperman, Eric	Kosnett, Mr. Michael	Video Recording
02:02:50	Break
02:15:27	General Case Activities
02:17:05	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Desotell, Jeffrey	In Person
02:30:48	Witness Cross Examination	Kaufmann, Matthew	Desotell, Jeffrey	In Person
02:36:30	General Case Activities
02:46:25	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:06:38	General Case Activities
00:32:24	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Randolph, Anthony	In Person
01:42:42	Witness Cross Examination	Freeman, Eric	Randolph, Anthony	In Person
01:51:15	Witness Cross Examination	Rojas, Valerie	Randolph, Anthony	In Person
01:55:50	Break
02:16:31	General Case Activities
02:33:30	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Hutson, Dr. William	In Person
03:19:18	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:08:23	General Case Activities
00:56:27	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Hutson, Dr. William	In Person
01:27:53	Break
01:43:44	General Case Activities
01:48:23	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Hutson, Dr. William	In Person
01:58:38	Witness Cross Examination	Love, Mark	Hutson, Dr. William	In Person
02:22:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Hutson, Dr. William	In Person
02:24:48	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Love, Mark	Hutson, Dr. William	In Person
02:28:17	General Case Activities
02:29:33	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:06	General Case Activities
00:11:43	Witness Direct Examination	Pepperman, Eric	Brody, Miriam	In Person
00:32:50	Witness Cross Examination	Love, Mark	Brody, Miriam	In Person
00:37:40	Witness Direct Examination	Pepperman, Eric	Yuhas, Steven	In Person
01:42:50	Break
02:06:13	General Case Activities
02:08:47	Witness Cross Examination	Kaufmann, Matthew	Yuhas, Steven	In Person
02:20:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Pepperman, Eric	Yuhas, Steven	In Person
02:24:05	Witness Direct Examination	Switzler, Breanna	Hartshorn, Tina	In Person
02:39:17	Witness Cross Examination	Odou , Joel	Hartshorn, Tina	In Person
02:50:05	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Walters, Mark	In Person
03:19:02	General Case Activities
03:39:30	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:33:28	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Wadkins, Steve	In Person
00:38:35	Witness Cross Examination	Odou , Joel	Wadkins, Steve	In Person
00:40:33	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Walters, Mark	In Person
01:37:58	Witness Cross Examination	Boho, Dan	Walters, Mark	In Person
02:07:15	General Case Activities
02:09:26	Break
02:22:34	General Case Activities
02:26:52	Witness Cross Examination	Boho, Dan	Walters, Mark	In Person
02:44:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Walters, Mark	In Person
02:52:01	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Boho, Dan	Walters, Mark	In Person
03:05:43	General Case Activities
03:10:13	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Hutt, Dr. Catherine Ph.D.	In Person
03:29:13	General Case Activities
03:33:28	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:28:20	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Marlow, John	In Person
00:45:30	Witness Cross Examination	Odou , Joel	Marlow, John	In Person
00:47:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Marlow, John	In Person
00:49:15	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Hutt, Dr. Catherine Ph.D.	In Person
01:08:10	Witness Cross Examination	Odou , Joel	Hutt, Dr. Catherine Ph.D.	In Person
01:31:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Converse, Patti	Video Recording
02:15:20	General Case Activities
02:16:35	Break
02:47:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Doran, Susan	Video Recording
03:17:30	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Jones, Blain	Video Recording
03:46:00	General Case Activities
03:52:32	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:45	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Sosa, Christina	In Person
00:39:15	Witness Cross Examination	Odou , Joel	Sosa, Christina	In Person
00:43:53	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Hunwardsen, Myles	In Person
01:24:32	Witness Cross Examination	Odou , Joel	Hunwardsen, Myles	In Person
01:42:27	General Case Activities
01:44:15	Break
02:07:27	General Case Activities
02:13:55	Witness Direct Examination	Odou , Joel	Neslund, Charles	Video Recording
02:20:15	Witness Direct Examination	Odou , Joel	Mendigana, Diego	Video Recording
02:46:15	Witness Direct Examination	Odou , Joel	Bush, Michael	Video Recording
03:12:03	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

FEB

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

PM Session

Closings - Damages

7 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict - Damages

3 Chapters

FEB

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Myles Hunwardsen v. Affinitylifestyles.com, Inc.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:02:47	General Case Activities
00:46:13	Break
00:58:50	General Case Activities
01:02:06	Opening Statement	Kemp, William
01:36:45	Opening Statement	Parker, Theodore
02:34:30	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:40	General Case Activities
00:16:54	Opening Statement	Love, Mark
00:32:40	Opening Statement	Boho, Dan
01:08:50	Break
01:10:00	General Case Activities
01:18:10	Break
01:36:05	General Case Activities
01:40:15	Opening Statement	Boho, Dan
01:51:35	Witness Direct Examination	Pepperman, Eric	Najm, Dr. Issam Ph.D.	In Person
02:36:56	General Case Activities
02:51:34	Witness Direct Examination	Pepperman, Eric	Najm, Dr. Issam Ph.D.	In Person
03:03:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:42	General Case Activities
00:41:58	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Hutson, Dr. William	In Person
02:09:40	Break
02:25:06	General Case Activities
02:36:00	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Hutson, Dr. William	In Person
03:08:35	General Case Activities
03:30:00	General Case Activities
03:34:00	General Case Activities
03:38:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:55:41	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Walters, Mark	In Person
01:21:38	General Case Activities
01:33:53	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Walters, Mark	In Person
02:06:35	General Case Activities
02:08:51	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:44	Break
00:23:52	General Case Activities
00:34:54	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Hutt, Dr. Catherine Ph.D.	In Person
01:20:43	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:24	Witness Direct Examination	Odou , Joel	Bush, Michael	Video Recording
01:09:14	Witness Direct Examination	Odou , Joel	Jones, Brent	Video Recording
01:12:24	Witness Direct Examination	Odou , Joel	Jones, Blain	Video Recording
01:32:46	Break
01:48:00	General Case Activities
01:49:34	Break
01:51:11	General Case Activities
01:53:56	Witness Direct Examination	Love, Mark	Alsina, Dr. Angel M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:01:52	General Case Activities
02:13:04	Break
02:30:24	General Case Activities
02:41:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:39:13	General Case Activities
00:57:53	Closing Statement	Kemp, William
02:32:13	Break
02:48:26	General Case Activities
02:52:58	Closing Statement	Parker, Theodore
03:27:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:33	Closing Statement	Parker, Theodore
00:22:41	Closing Statement	Odou , Joel
01:03:51	Closing Statement	Parker, Theodore
01:26:06	General Case Activities
01:33:37	General Case Activities
01:36:45	Break
01:53:45	General Case Activities
03:03:41	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:03:45	Reading of the Verdict
		00:09:49	General Case Activities
		00:12:36	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:20	General Case Activities
00:07:35	Closing Statement	Parker, Theodore
00:29:11	Closing Statement	Odou , Joel
00:38:59	Closing Statement	Parker, Theodore
00:46:51	General Case Activities
00:51:53	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:02:01	General Case Activities
		00:05:30	End of Session