Pearson v. Philip Morris

Summary

Plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturer caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by hiding the dangers of cigarettes.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Pearson, Judith
Defense: Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Judge: Paul Huey
Jurisdiction: 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Edgecomb Courthouse

Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Pearson, Judith

Defense

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Represented By:
Reilly, Kenneth (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
Michael, Geoffrey (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:33	Opening Statement	Gunn, Lee
01:21:05	Break
01:45:27	Opening Statement	Reilly, Kenneth
02:50:24	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:46:41	Break
02:11:08	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:54:55	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Reilly, Kenneth	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:07:00	Break
02:34:53	Witness Cross Examination	Reilly, Kenneth	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:46:03	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:41:08	Break
02:01:29	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:06:16	Witness Cross Examination	Reilly, Kenneth	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
03:30:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
03:35:54	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
01:46:07	Break
02:13:48	Witness Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
02:25:08	Witness Cross Examination	Michael, Geoffrey	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
02:33:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
02:37:48	Witness Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Brinson, William	Transcript Reading
02:53:47	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Chewning, Cecil "Buddy"	Transcript Reading
00:20:35	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	DeLuca, Donya	In Person
01:26:35	Witness Cross Examination	Michael, Geoffrey	DeLuca, Donya	In Person
01:53:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	DeLuca, Donya	In Person
01:55:15	General Case Activities		DeLuca, Donya	In Person
01:56:03	Break
01:56:47	General Case Activities	Roslansky, Eric	DeLuca, Donya	In Person
01:58:39	Break
02:21:12	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Wilder, Frances	Transcript Reading
02:41:31	End of Session

JUL

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Mulder, Ms. Brenda	In Person
00:57:43	Witness Cross Examination	Michael, Geoffrey	Mulder, Ms. Brenda	In Person
01:20:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Mulder, Ms. Brenda	In Person
01:32:30	Break
01:49:24	General Case Activities
02:15:12	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Duffy, Tracy	Transcript Reading
00:33:21	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Combs, Arlette	Transcript Reading
00:38:48	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Delight, Dr. Mardelle M.D.	Transcript Reading
00:56:43	Break
01:19:00	General Case Activities
02:21:39	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Chee, Kelly	Transcript Reading
02:34:43	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Bradley, Clayton	Transcript Reading
02:57:56	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Michael, Geoffrey	Schroeder, Dr. Charles M.D.	In Person
01:09:31	Witness Cross Examination	Gunn, Lee	Schroeder, Dr. Charles M.D.	In Person
02:01:02	Break
02:21:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Michael, Geoffrey	Schroeder, Dr. Charles M.D.	In Person
02:39:25	General Case Activities		Schroeder, Dr. Charles M.D.	In Person
02:42:55	General Case Activities	Michael, Geoffrey
03:05:23	General Case Activities
03:55:58	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

4 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

JUL

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Pearson v. Philip Morris

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:42:17	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:52:32	Break
02:05:43	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:33:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:11:01	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:19:16	Break
02:41:30	General Case Activities
02:42:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:19	Witness Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Beasley, William	Transcript Reading
00:32:29	Witness Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Pearson, Judith	In Person
01:35:21	Break
01:55:22	Witness Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Pearson, Judith	In Person
02:04:36	Witness Cross Examination	Reilly, Kenneth	Pearson, Judith	In Person
03:28:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gunn, Lee	Pearson, Judith	In Person
03:30:41	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:42	Break
00:29:54	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Campbell, William	Transcript Reading
00:38:05	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	Video Recording
00:45:34	General Case Activities	Reilly, Kenneth
00:50:13	Witness Direct Examination	Reilly, Kenneth	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
02:02:41	Break
02:19:59	Witness Direct Examination	Reilly, Kenneth	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
02:50:05	Witness Cross Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
04:09:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Reilly, Kenneth	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
04:24:37	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:11:42	General Case Activities
00:44:10	Closing Statement	Gunn, Lee
02:21:31	Break
02:23:17	General Case Activities
02:28:54	Break
02:52:50	Closing Statement	Reilly, Kenneth
04:50:33	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:39	General Case Activities
		00:03:43	End of Session