Smith v. Logisticare Solutions LLC

Summary

In this negligence case, plaintiff claims she suffered multiple fractures and required the amputation of her arm following a vehicular crash because defendants failed to secure her properly prior to transport.

Outcome

Percentage of fault:

Patricia Ann Smith - 10%
Logisticare Solutions LLC - 36%
MIDS Inc.- 54%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Smith, Patricia
Defense: Logisticare Solutions LLC
Verdict: $5,000,000

Judge: Diane Bessen
Jurisdiction: State Court of Georgia, Fulton County
Court: Justice Center Tower

Case Number: 14EV002438
Industry: Transportation
Practice Area: Transportation

Plaintiff

Smith, Patricia

Represented By:
Sadd, James "Jay" (Slappey & Sadd PC)
Stillwell, Michael (The Stillwell Law Firm, LLC)

Defense

Logisticare Solutions LLC

Expert Witnesses

Peoples, James

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:37	Opening Statement	Sadd, James "Jay"
00:55:54	Opening Statement	Bass, Glenn
01:23:03	Break
01:47:49	General Case Activities
01:52:50	Break
01:53:49	General Case Activities
01:58:24	Opening Statement	Bass, Glenn
02:13:15	Witness Direct Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Dezearn, Chuck	In Person
02:55:15	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

20 Chapters

OCT

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

19 Chapters

OCT

PM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Godsey, Trisha	Dezearn, Chuck	In Person
00:59:26	Break
01:21:54	Witness Cross Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Dezearn, Chuck	In Person
01:43:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Godsey, Trisha	Dezearn, Chuck	In Person
01:47:36	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Dezearn, Chuck	In Person
01:52:34	General Case Activities	Godsey, Trisha
01:53:59	Witness Direct Examination	Bass, Glenn	Saturday, Danny	In Person
02:34:00	Witness Cross Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Saturday, Danny	In Person
02:58:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bass, Glenn	Saturday, Danny	In Person
02:59:59	General Case Activities	Bass, Glenn
03:02:56	End of Session

OCT

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in parts only. Available recordings do not represent the full proceeding.

Smith v. Logisticare Solutions LLC

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:47	Witness Direct Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Dezearn, Chuck	In Person
00:22:55	Witness Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Smith, Patricia	In Person
00:47:10	Break
00:47:10	Witness Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Smith, Patricia	In Person
01:03:42	Witness Cross Examination	Bass, Glenn	Smith, Patricia	In Person
01:15:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Smith, Patricia	In Person
01:21:00	Witness Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Camon, Freddie	In Person
01:29:36	Witness Cross Examination	Bass, Glenn	Camon, Freddie	In Person
01:32:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Camon, Freddie	In Person
01:36:05	General Case Activities
01:55:36	Witness Direct Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Gardner, Alesia	In Person
02:27:32	Witness Cross Examination	Bass, Glenn	Gardner, Alesia	In Person
02:47:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Gardner, Alesia	In Person
02:56:10	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Bass, Glenn	Gardner, Alesia	In Person
02:58:40	Break
03:05:44	Witness Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Lane, Mattie	In Person
03:16:04	Witness Cross Examination	Bass, Glenn	Lane, Mattie	In Person
03:21:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Lane, Mattie	In Person
03:24:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:31	General Case Activities
00:07:32	Witness Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Goberdhan, Dr. Jairaj M.D.	Video Recording
01:26:17	General Case Activities
01:34:05	General Case Activities
01:51:22	Break
02:10:10	Witness Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Goberdhan, Dr. Jairaj M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:12:08	Witness Direct Examination	Stillwell, Michael	Boyd, Gwendolyn	In Person
02:25:20	General Case Activities	Sadd, James "Jay"
02:26:45	Witness Direct Examination	Godsey, Trisha	Peoples, James	In Person
02:40:22	Break
02:43:05	Witness Direct Examination	Godsey, Trisha	Peoples, James	In Person
03:07:22	Witness Cross Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Peoples, James	In Person
03:28:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Godsey, Trisha	Peoples, James	In Person
03:34:35	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Sadd, James "Jay"	Peoples, James	In Person
03:35:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Godsey, Trisha	Peoples, James	In Person
03:36:08	Break
03:39:09	General Case Activities
03:46:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Stillwell, Michael
00:06:21	Closing Statement	Bass, Glenn
00:42:08	Closing Statement	Sadd, James "Jay"
01:21:25	Break
01:37:47	General Case Activities
02:18:46	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:37	Reading of the Verdict
		00:04:39	End of Session