Stephen Wells v. Aslan Commons, LLC et al

Summary

Plaintiff Stephen Wells was a tenant at The Edgewater apartment complex owned and /or managed by Defendants. Plaintiff was injured when a gas line in his apartment leaked and an explosion occurred. Plaintiff has or expects to incur over $250,000 in medical and other expenses and is suing Defendants for negligence for failure to properly cap the gas valve.

Outcome

Verdict for Plaintiff
Compensatory Damages - $17.9 million
Punitive Damages - $47.9million

Plus Attorney's fees to Plaintiff of $7.16 million.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Wells, Stephen
Defense: Aslan Commons
Verdict: $65,800,000

Judge: Eric Richardson
Jurisdiction: State Court of Georgia, Fulton County
Court: Justice Center Tower

Case Number: 12EV014728
Industry: Hospitality
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

Wells, Stephen

Defense

Aslan Commons

Represented By:
Williams, Y. (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC (Atlanta))

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:19	Opening Statement	Law, Peter
01:13:59	Opening Statement	Williams, Y.
01:32:41	Break
01:46:49	Opening Statement	Williams, Y.
01:57:14	General Case Activities	Law, Peter
02:01:20	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Wells, Stephen	In Person
03:04:29	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:28	General Case Activities
00:01:06	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Wells, Stephen	In Person
01:13:45	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Rayus, Alberto	In Person
01:21:04	General Case Activities
01:21:15	Break
01:45:59	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Walls, Cheryl	In Person
03:03:59	End of Session
02:15:54	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Y.	Walls, Cheryl	In Person
02:27:21	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Dunn, Timothy	In Person

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Break
00:01:30	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Ore, Johnny	In Person
00:35:58	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Y.	Ore, Johnny	In Person
00:43:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Ore, Johnny	In Person
00:45:48	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Servits, Daniel	In Person
01:49:16	General Case Activities
01:49:53	Break
01:59:29	General Case Activities		Servits, Daniel	In Person
02:01:07	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

16 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

17 Chapters

JAN

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Stephen Wells v. Aslan Commons, LLC et al

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
03:13:54	End of Session
00:01:24	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Walton, Carl Jr.	In Person
00:23:39	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Y.	Walton, Carl Jr.	In Person
00:29:17	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Catanavitcha, Olif	In Person
00:34:03	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Sains, Caroline	In Person
00:56:45	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Y.	Sains, Caroline	In Person
01:00:52	General Case Activities
01:02:54	Witness Direct Examination		Drvostepova, Elena	Transcript Reading
01:14:05	General Case Activities
01:16:00	Break
01:39:09	General Case Activities
01:39:47	Witness Direct Examination		Ingram, Dr. Walter	Video Recording
02:25:42	Break
02:47:18	Witness Direct Examination		Dollar, Genie	Video Recording

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:19	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Porter, Judy	In Person
00:19:05	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Y.	Porter, Judy	In Person
00:21:37	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Turner, Ellie	In Person
00:32:28	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Y.	Turner, Ellie	In Person
00:38:06	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Wells, Jessie	In Person
00:48:32	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Wells, Donald	In Person
00:59:34	Witness Direct Examination	Moran, E. Michael	Wells, Jewel	In Person
01:07:37	General Case Activities
01:35:30	Break
01:49:02	Break
01:57:25	Closing Statement	Moran, E. Michael
03:43:18	End of Session
02:06:11	Closing Statement	Williams, Y.
02:32:11	Closing Statement	Law, Peter
03:15:19	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:40	Reading of the Verdict
00:02:53	General Case Activities
00:17:09	Break
00:22:58	General Case Activities
00:23:50	General Case Activities	Moran, E. Michael
00:30:03	General Case Activities	Moran, E. Michael	Sains, Caroline	In Person
00:37:20	Closing Statement	Williams, Y.
00:40:31	Closing Statement	Law, Peter
00:43:39	General Case Activities
00:45:01	Break
00:54:53	General Case Activities
00:58:16	Break
01:38:45	General Case Activities
01:39:50	Reading of the Verdict
01:40:19	General Case Activities
01:41:51	End of Session