Paradee Chularee, et al. v. The Cookson Company Inc., et al.

Summary

A University of California, Los Angeles employee who allegedly suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a falling garage-style fire door should be paid millions of dollars by the doors seller and manufacturer, her attorney told jurors at a product liability trial that began Tuesday in California state court.

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Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Chularee, Paradee
Defense: McKendry Door Sales Inc.

Judge: Gerald Rosenberg
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, Los Angeles
Court: Santa Monica Courthouse

Case Number: SC113062
Industry: Construction
Practice Area: Products Liability

Plaintiff

Chularee, Paradee

Represented By:
Homampour, Arash (The Homampour Law Firm)

Defense

McKendry Door Sales Inc.

Represented By:
Faenza, Christopher (Yoka & Smith)

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Homampour, Arash
00:31:51	Opening Statement	Faenza, Christopher
01:04:05	Break
01:24:40	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Boehme, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
02:19:59	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

20 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Boehme, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
00:18:15	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Boehme, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
00:42:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Boehme, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
00:52:25	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Boehme, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
00:54:51	Break
01:13:42	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Hendrickson, Peter	In Person
01:34:03	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Hendrickson, Peter	In Person
01:39:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Hendrickson, Peter	In Person
01:42:20	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Kopfer, Lex	In Person
01:49:24	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Kopfer, Lex	In Person
01:54:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Kopfer, Lex	In Person
01:58:31	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Kopfer, Lex	In Person
02:01:20	Break
02:12:54	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Sisneros, Leroy	In Person
02:18:41	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Sisneros, Leroy	In Person
02:30:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Sisneros, Leroy	In Person
02:33:31	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Sisneros, Leroy	In Person
02:37:44	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Barrera, Elsy	In Person
02:44:49	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Barrera, Elsy	In Person
02:49:02	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Avrit, Brad	In Person
01:02:03	Break
01:22:31	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Avrit, Brad	In Person
02:20:09	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:04	Break
00:09:11	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Avrit, Brad	In Person
00:24:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Avrit, Brad	In Person
00:45:11	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Avrit, Brad	In Person
00:50:07	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Zackler, Dr. Lester M.D.	In Person
01:02:10	Break
01:22:50	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Zackler, Dr. Lester M.D.	In Person
01:59:25	Break
02:14:31	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Zackler, Dr. Lester M.D.	In Person
02:32:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Zackler, Dr. Lester M.D.	In Person
02:35:37	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Zackler, Dr. Lester M.D.	In Person
02:37:17	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Miller, Dr. Lawrence M.D.	In Person
02:47:14	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Miller, Dr. Lawrence M.D.	In Person
02:52:19	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Cookson, Tim	Video Recording
00:13:35	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	McKendry, Steve	In Person
00:57:32	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	McKendry, Steve	In Person
01:04:10	Break
01:24:54	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Soorani, Dr. Emil M.D.	In Person
01:42:05	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Soorani, Dr. Emil M.D.	In Person
02:04:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Soorani, Dr. Emil M.D.	In Person
02:08:18	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Soorani, Dr. Emil M.D.	In Person
02:10:50	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	McKendry, Steve	In Person
02:22:42	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	McKendry, Steve	In Person
00:03:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	McKendry, Steve	In Person
00:10:29	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	McKendry, Steve	In Person
00:15:13	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Good, Jim	In Person
00:59:40	Break
01:20:34	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Good, Jim	In Person
01:51:32	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Good, Jim	In Person
01:53:57	Break
02:10:24	General Case Activities
02:11:54	End of Session

DEC

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Paradee, Chularee	In Person
00:09:50	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Paradee, Chularee	In Person
00:40:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Paradee, Chularee	In Person
00:43:08	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Good, Jim	In Person
01:04:08	Break
01:23:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Good, Jim	In Person
01:37:40	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Good, Jim	In Person
01:44:32	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Roughan, Jan , R.N.	In Person
02:22:02	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Roughan, Jan , R.N.	In Person
00:08:50	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Roughan, Jan , R.N.	In Person
00:31:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Roughan, Jan , R.N.	In Person
00:39:03	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Roughan, Jan , R.N.	In Person
00:43:03	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Ho, Michael	In Person
01:03:23	Break
01:45:09	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Ho, Michael	In Person
02:12:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Ho, Michael	In Person
02:16:20	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Ho, Michael	In Person
02:19:35	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Solomon, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:47:05	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Solomon, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:54:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Solomon, Dr. Kenneth	In Person
02:55:26	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Gold, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
00:44:17	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Gold, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:03:15	Break
01:23:01	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Gold, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:43:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Gold, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:46:43	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Jesko, Dr. Mary Ed.D., M.S.	In Person
02:12:33	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Jesko, Dr. Mary Ed.D., M.S.	In Person
02:23:25	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Geiger, Vivian	In Person
00:08:08	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Geiger, Vivian	In Person
00:27:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Homampour, Arash	Geiger, Vivian	In Person
00:33:22	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Dawdy, David	In Person
00:52:33	Break
01:12:16	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Dawdy, David	In Person
01:13:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Dawdy, David	In Person
01:13:39	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Dawdy, David	In Person
01:14:39	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Rosenberg, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:46:46	Break
02:09:38	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Rosenberg, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
02:34:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Rosenberg, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
02:38:34	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Newell, Ricardo	In Person
00:21:57	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	Newell, Ricardo	In Person
00:35:13	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Paradee, Chularee	Video Recording
00:53:14	End of Session

DEC

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	dela Cal, Jorge	In Person
00:36:42	Witness Cross Examination	Homampour, Arash	dela Cal, Jorge	In Person
00:59:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	dela Cal, Jorge	In Person
01:04:39	Break
01:24:00	Witness Direct Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Good, Jim	Transcript Reading
01:30:39	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Good, Jim	Video Recording
01:41:05	Witness Cross Examination	Faenza, Christopher	Paradee, Chularee	Transcript Reading
01:58:23	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

2 Chapters

DEC

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Paradee Chularee, et al. v. The Cookson Company Inc., et al.

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