Roberts v. St. Vincent's Medical Center

Summary

In this medical malpractice suit, Margaret Roberts seeks damages from St. Vincent's Medical Center claiming the negligence of its staff led her to suffer a stroke as a complication of deep vein thrombosis.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Roberts, Margaret
Defense: Pavlat, Gregory
Moore, Benjamin

Judge: James Daniel
Jurisdiction: 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Duval County Courthouse

Case Number: 16-2011-CA-007017-XXXX-MA
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Negligence, Health Law

Plaintiff

Roberts, Margaret

Defense

Pavlat, Gregory

Represented By:
Childs, Wade (Childs, Hester & Love, P.A.)
Hester, Linda (Childs, Hester & Love, P.A.)

Defense

Moore, Benjamin

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:12	General Case Activities
00:18:17	General Case Activities
00:50:50	Opening Statement	Anderson, Bruce
01:59:40	Break
02:15:22	Opening Statement	Childs, Wade
03:00:08	Opening Statement	Dennis, Craig
03:37:55	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

14 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

DEC

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:38	General Case Activities
00:23:02	Break
00:28:42	General Case Activities
00:31:02	Break
00:39:14	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Moore, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	Video Recording
01:40:57	Break
01:53:02	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Moore, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	Video Recording
03:08:22	Break
03:16:42	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Robertson, Dr. Matthew III, M.D.	Video Recording
04:01:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:17	Witness Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
01:24:02	Break
01:37:24	Witness Cross Examination	Childs, Wade	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
01:55:30	Witness Cross Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
02:03:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Pressman, Barry M.D.	In Person
02:10:13	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Day, Hallie	In Person
02:36:13	Witness Cross Examination	Hester, Linda	Day, Hallie	In Person
02:39:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Day, Hallie	In Person
02:42:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:52	Witness Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Block, Dr. Peter M.D.	Transcript Reading
00:10:20	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	Video Recording
01:07:25	Break
01:20:20	General Case Activities
01:23:30	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	Video Recording
02:29:13	Break
02:47:45	General Case Activities
02:51:42	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Floyd, Lisa	In Person
03:24:59	Witness Cross Examination	Hester, Linda	Floyd, Lisa	In Person
03:34:58	General Case Activities
03:37:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:48	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Fischer, Dr. Kenneth M.D.	In Person
00:31:11	Witness Cross Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Fischer, Dr. Kenneth M.D.	In Person
01:24:11	Witness Cross Examination	Hester, Linda	Fischer, Dr. Kenneth M.D.	In Person
01:27:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Fischer, Dr. Kenneth M.D.	In Person
01:47:25	General Case Activities		Fischer, Dr. Kenneth M.D.	In Person
01:56:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:42	Witness Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Greenfield, Dr. Lazar M.D.	In Person
01:45:24	Break
02:00:23	Witness Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Greenfield, Dr. Lazar M.D.	In Person
02:16:40	Witness Cross Examination	Childs, Wade	Greenfield, Dr. Lazar M.D.	In Person
03:05:04	Witness Cross Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Greenfield, Dr. Lazar M.D.	In Person
03:06:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Greenfield, Dr. Lazar M.D.	In Person
03:17:11	General Case Activities
03:24:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Greenfield, Dr. Lazar M.D.	In Person
03:34:23	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Childs, Wade	Greenfield, Dr. Lazar M.D.	In Person
03:45:35	End of Session

Roberts v. St. Vincent's Medical Center

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:37:12	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Fischer, Dr. Kenneth M.D.	In Person
02:02:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:35	General Case Activities
00:06:11	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Goldstein, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
01:29:34	General Case Activities
01:30:11	Break
01:42:49	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Goldstein, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
01:57:05	General Case Activities
02:06:22	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Goldstein, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:36:11	Witness Cross Examination	Childs, Wade	Goldstein, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
03:10:50	Break
03:18:13	Witness Cross Examination	Childs, Wade	Goldstein, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
04:16:12	General Case Activities
04:24:25	Witness Cross Examination	Childs, Wade	Goldstein, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
04:35:17	Witness Cross Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Goldstein, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
04:42:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Goldstein, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
05:02:01	General Case Activities
05:02:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:43	General Case Activities	Sowell, Matthew
00:03:48	Witness Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Deutsch, Dr. Paul Ph.D.	In Person
01:36:46	Break
01:53:28	Witness Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Deutsch, Dr. Paul Ph.D.	In Person
02:48:49	General Case Activities
02:52:18	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:05	Witness Cross Examination	Hester, Linda	Deutsch, Dr. Paul Ph.D.	In Person
00:53:50	Witness Cross Examination	Dennis, Craig	Deutsch, Dr. Paul Ph.D.	In Person
01:12:50	General Case Activities
01:25:00	Break
01:33:05	Witness Cross Examination	Dennis, Craig	Deutsch, Dr. Paul Ph.D.	In Person
01:38:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Deutsch, Dr. Paul Ph.D.	In Person
01:45:10	General Case Activities
01:46:12	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:30:15	Witness Cross Examination	Hester, Linda	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:42:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:46:37	General Case Activities	Sowell, Matthew
02:51:11	General Case Activities
02:55:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:17	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Roberts, Darrell	In Person
01:27:07	Break
01:43:47	General Case Activities
01:46:46	Witness Cross Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Roberts, Darrell	In Person
02:06:26	General Case Activities
02:08:42	General Case Activities
02:30:22	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:55	Witness Direct Examination	Dennis, Craig	Moore, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
00:52:47	Witness Cross Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Moore, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
01:36:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Dennis, Craig	Moore, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
01:41:07	General Case Activities		Moore, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
01:45:11	Break
02:04:23	General Case Activities
02:08:03	General Case Activities
02:09:39	Witness Direct Examination	Dennis, Craig	Pilcher, Dr. William M.D.	Video Recording
03:07:44	General Case Activities
03:09:23	General Case Activities
03:12:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:41	Witness Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Szwed, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
01:14:04	Witness Direct Examination	Dennis, Craig	Szwed, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
01:23:22	Break
01:49:25	Witness Cross Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Szwed, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
01:57:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Szwed, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
02:04:37	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Szwed, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
02:05:33	Witness Direct Examination	Dennis, Craig	Brown, Dr. Zachary M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:31:21	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Reilly, Sue R.N.	Video Recording
02:53:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:05	General Case Activities	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany
00:05:16	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Sackett, Dr. Ellen M.D.	In Person
00:37:45	General Case Activities		Sackett, Dr. Ellen M.D.	In Person
00:48:36	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Sackett, Dr. Ellen M.D.	In Person
00:49:19	Witness Direct Examination	Hester, Linda	Sackett, Dr. Ellen M.D.	In Person
00:52:26	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Sackett, Dr. Ellen M.D.	In Person
00:57:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Sackett, Dr. Ellen M.D.	In Person
01:00:13	General Case Activities		Sackett, Dr. Ellen M.D.	In Person
01:02:07	Break
01:14:51	General Case Activities
01:16:01	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Nowicki, Dr. Paul M.D.	Video Recording
02:24:46	General Case Activities
02:28:06	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:11	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Brockington, Dr. Carolyn M.D.	In Person
01:18:12	Break
01:39:47	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Brockington, Dr. Carolyn M.D.	In Person
01:57:10	Witness Cross Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Brockington, Dr. Carolyn M.D.	In Person
02:53:44	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:33	Witness Cross Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Brockington, Dr. Carolyn M.D.	In Person
00:31:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Brockington, Dr. Carolyn M.D.	In Person
00:51:30	General Case Activities		Brockington, Dr. Carolyn M.D.	In Person
01:01:07	General Case Activities	Patacca, Angelo	Brockington, Dr. Carolyn M.D.	In Person
01:09:35	General Case Activities	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Brockington, Dr. Carolyn M.D.	In Person
01:13:39	General Case Activities
01:15:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:39	Witness Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Elster, Dr. Allen M.D.	In Person
00:54:44	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Elster, Dr. Allen M.D.	In Person
00:55:54	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Elster, Dr. Allen M.D.	In Person
01:23:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Elster, Dr. Allen M.D.	In Person
01:32:45	Break
01:45:42	General Case Activities
02:25:34	General Case Activities
02:28:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:04	Witness Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Winawer, Dr. Neil M.D.	In Person
01:31:22	Break
01:51:17	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Winawer, Dr. Neil M.D.	In Person
02:45:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Winawer, Dr. Neil M.D.	In Person
03:03:33	General Case Activities		Winawer, Dr. Neil M.D.	In Person
03:08:33	General Case Activities
03:25:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:11:30	General Case Activities	Childs, Wade	Block, Dr. Peter M.D.	In Person
00:28:36	General Case Activities	Patacca, Angelo	Block, Dr. Peter M.D.	In Person
00:41:46	General Case Activities
00:50:35	Witness Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Block, Dr. Peter M.D.	In Person
01:11:18	Witness Cross Examination	Patacca, Angelo	Block, Dr. Peter M.D.	In Person
01:37:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Block, Dr. Peter M.D.	In Person
01:45:15	General Case Activities
01:46:25	Break
01:57:54	General Case Activities
02:00:30	Witness Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
02:39:15	Witness Cross Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
03:07:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:59	Witness Cross Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
00:40:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Childs, Wade	Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
01:11:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
01:16:49	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
01:21:24	Break
01:31:57	General Case Activities		Pavlat, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
01:38:52	General Case Activities
01:44:04	General Case Activities
01:46:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:28	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Harding, Dr. Alfred M.D.	In Person
00:54:34	General Case Activities		Harding, Dr. Alfred M.D.	In Person
00:58:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:41	Witness Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Patsalides, Dr. Athos M.D.	In Person
00:58:58	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Bruce	Patsalides, Dr. Athos M.D.	In Person
01:31:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rohan-Williams, Tiffany	Patsalides, Dr. Athos M.D.	In Person
01:37:36	General Case Activities
01:40:41	Break
01:51:34	General Case Activities
01:54:14	Witness Direct Examination	Sowell, Matthew	Greenfield, Dr. Lazar M.D.	Video Recording
02:12:14	General Case Activities
02:17:09	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:30	Break
00:23:45	General Case Activities
00:29:59	General Case Activities
00:44:52	Closing Statement	Sowell, Matthew
01:24:15	Closing Statement	Patacca, Angelo
01:58:30	Break
02:08:52	Closing Statement	Childs, Wade
03:32:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:39	Closing Statement	Dennis, Craig
00:41:23	Closing Statement	Patacca, Angelo
01:13:05	General Case Activities
01:26:57	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:22	General Case Activities
		00:09:08	End of Session