Stephen Wolkoff v. Sunshine Storage Inc.

Summary

In this construction negligence proceeding, Plaintiff Stephen Wolkoff alleged Sunshine Storage Inc. of non-maintenance of a storage unit that he rented from the company and constructing a loft on top of the storage unit, which resulted in the framed ceiling of the storage unit collapsing over him while he was inside the storage unit on 3rd of January 2009 and causing him injury in pelvis, legs and eyes. The plaintiffs counsel had also claimed that the storage unit was not constructed in adherence to building code and there was not proper support provided with bolts or bracings to the roof of the storage unit.
The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Ervin Gonzalez and Deborah Gander. The defendant in this case, Sunshine Storage Inc. was represented by attorney C. Richard Fulmer.

Outcome

Injury
Past $250,000.00 Future $250,000.00
Medical
Past $3,456.721.86 Future $1,500,000.00
Julie Wolkoff loss of companionship, etc $200,000.00

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Wolkoff, Stephen
Defense: Sunshine Storage
Verdict: $5,656,722

Judge: Jack Tuter
Jurisdiction: 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Judicial Complex

Case Number: CACE09014543
Industry: Automotive, Construction
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

Wolkoff, Stephen

Defense

Sunshine Storage

Represented By:
Fulmer, C. Richard (Fulmer Leroy Albee Baumann & Glass)

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:21:37	Opening Statement	Gonzalez, Ervin
01:07:43	Break
01:22:33	Opening Statement	Fulmer, C. Richard
02:18:18	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Wolkoff, Mr. Stephen	In Person
02:47:55	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Wolkoff, Mr. Stephen	In Person
00:36:23	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Wolkoff, Mr. Stephen	In Person
01:32:35	Break
01:51:50	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Wolkoff, Mr. Stephen	In Person
02:57:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Wolkoff, Mr. Stephen	In Person
02:59:03	Witness Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Kauffman, Mr. Peter	In Person
03:10:47	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Kauffman, Mr. Peter	In Person
03:14:45	General Case Activities	Gonzalez, Ervin
03:18:17	Witness Direct Examination		Watkins, Mr. Noble	Video Recording
03:29:23	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Pistorino, Mr. John	In Person
01:18:01	Break
01:40:32	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Pistorino, Mr. John	In Person
02:13:13	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Pistorino, Mr. John	In Person
00:06:47	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Pistorino, Mr. John	In Person
01:16:32	Break
01:40:14	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Pistorino, Mr. John	In Person
01:55:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Pistorino, Mr. John	In Person
02:06:05	Witness Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Heiman, Dr. Donald	In Person
02:41:48	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Heiman, Dr. Donald	In Person
02:44:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Heiman, Dr. Donald	In Person
02:46:00	Witness Direct Examination		Desormeaux, Mr. Joey	Video Recording
03:11:09	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Black, Mr. Thomas	In Person
00:27:59	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Black, Mr. Thomas	In Person
01:00:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Black, Mr. Thomas	In Person
01:01:01	Break
01:22:01	Witness Direct Examination		Cogdill, Mr. Matthew	Video Recording
01:44:22	Witness Direct Examination		Harris, Mr. David	Video Recording
02:22:13	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination		Hefferon, Mr. Michael	Video Recording
00:13:01	Witness Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Wolkoff, Mr. Gregory	In Person
00:44:16	Witness Direct Examination		Burnett, Dr. Arthur	Video Recording
01:27:27	Break
01:53:16	Witness Direct Examination		Burnett, Dr. Arthur	Video Recording
02:58:06	Witness Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Lasher, Mrs. Stephanie	In Person
03:15:59	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Kay, Dr. Matthew	In Person
00:28:25	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Kay, Dr. Matthew	In Person
00:31:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Kay, Dr. Matthew	In Person
00:39:27	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Kinmon, Dr. Kyle	In Person
00:54:33	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Kinmon, Dr. Kyle	In Person
00:56:46	Witness Direct Examination		Benenati, Dr. James	Video Recording
01:23:10	Break
01:40:54	Witness Direct Examination		Benenati, Dr. James	Video Recording
02:02:41	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Donahue, Mr. John	In Person
02:09:50	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Donahue, Mr. John	In Person
02:30:49	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Donahue, Mr. John	In Person
02:31:56	Witness Direct Examination		Osgood, Dr. Greg	Video Conference
02:48:14	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination		Osgood, Dr. Greg	Video Recording
00:45:40	Witness Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Blumenthal, Dr. Scott	In Person
01:22:27	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Blumenthal, Dr. Scott	In Person
01:31:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Blumenthal, Dr. Scott	In Person
01:33:11	Break
01:59:15	Witness Direct Examination	Gander, Deborah	Carruthers, Ms. Darlene	In Person
03:10:56	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Carruthers, Ms. Darlene	In Person
03:28:28	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Schuster, Dr. Mitchell	In Person
00:38:38	Witness Cross Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Schuster, Dr. Mitchell	In Person
01:20:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Schuster, Dr. Mitchell	In Person
01:25:33	Break
01:42:31	Witness Direct Examination		Licht, Dr. Mark	Video Recording
02:03:45	Witness Direct Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:40:45	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Coney, Mr. Donald	In Person
00:14:14	Witness Cross Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Coney, Mr. Donald	In Person
00:28:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Coney, Mr. Donald	In Person
00:30:39	Witness Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Didomenico, Mr. Walter	In Person
00:39:22	Witness Cross Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Didomenico, Mr. Walter	In Person
00:48:39	Witness Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Schmalz, Mr. John	In Person
01:09:08	Break
01:36:58	Witness Cross Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Schmalz, Mr. John	In Person
01:51:09	Break
02:03:30	Witness Cross Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Schmalz, Mr. John	In Person
02:04:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Schmalz, Mr. John	In Person
02:06:54	Witness Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Rodriguez, Mr. Joaquin III	In Person
02:32:41	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Rodriguez, Mr. Joaquin III	In Person
00:55:05	Witness Cross Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Rodriguez, Mr. Joaquin III	In Person
01:32:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Rodriguez, Mr. Joaquin III	In Person
01:34:11	Break
02:10:25	Witness Direct Examination	Fulmer, C. Richard	Garofalo, Mr. Keith	In Person
02:52:45	Witness Cross Examination	Gonzalez, Ervin	Garofalo, Mr. Keith	In Person
03:13:07	General Case Activities
03:16:30	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

7 Chapters

NOV

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Stephen Wolkoff v. Sunshine Storage Inc.

Summary

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Sessions

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Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:20:01	Closing Statement	Gonzalez, Ervin
01:32:50	Break
01:49:35	Closing Statement	Fulmer, C. Richard
03:00:10	Break
03:04:20	Closing Statement	Gonzalez, Ervin
03:12:06	General Case Activities
03:22:59	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:40	Reading of the Verdict
		00:05:12	Break
		00:21:20	General Case Activities
		00:22:40	Break
		00:32:33	General Case Activities
		00:35:03	End of Session