Trejo v. Ford Motor Co.

Summary

Plaintiff, the surviving family of Rafael Trejo, who died after a vehicular accident caused the Ford Excursion to roll over, pinning him, is suing the defendant vehicle manufacturer claiming that the vehicle was defectively designed and ultimately caused Trejo's death.

Outcome

Past:
Loss of Support and Companionship - $2,000,000
Grief and sorrow - $ 500,000

Future:
Loss of Support - $500,000
Grief and sorrow - $1,000,000

Damages and disfigurement of Mr. Trejo - $500,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Trejo, Teresa
Defense: Ford Motor Co Inc
Verdict: $4,500,000

Judge: Valerie Adair
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Regional Justice Center

Case Number: A-11-641059-C
Industry: Automotive
Practice Area: Products Liability, Negligence

Plaintiff

Trejo, Teresa

Represented By:
Mask, Jody (Garcia Ochoa Mask Law Firm)
Lawrence, Larry (Lawrence Law Firm)
Garcia, Ricardo (Garcia Ochoa Mask Law Firm)

Defense

Ford Motor Co Inc

Represented By:
Crawford, Vaughn (Snell & Wilmer LLP)
Schuttert, Jay (Snell & Wilmer LLP (Las Vegas))

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:52	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Herbst, Brian	In Person
00:58:40	Break
01:12:57	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Herbst, Brian	In Person
02:44:02	General Case Activities
02:44:45	End of Session

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Herbst, Brian	In Person
00:32:50	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Herbst, Brian	In Person
01:25:44	General Case Activities
01:26:23	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Herbst, Brian	In Person
00:39:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Herbst, Brian	In Person
00:52:01	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Herbst, Brian	In Person
00:55:15	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Stevens, Donald	In Person
01:42:28	Break
01:55:38	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Stevens, Donald	In Person
03:16:46	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Stevens, Donald	In Person
03:53:38	General Case Activities
03:54:13	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Stevens, Donald	In Person
00:41:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Stevens, Donald	In Person
01:23:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Stevens, Donald	In Person
01:43:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Stevens, Donald	In Person
01:50:40	Break
02:03:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Stevens, Donald	In Person
02:10:03	General Case Activities		Stevens, Donald	In Person
02:12:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Stevens, Donald	In Person
02:18:34	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Peles, Dr. Joseph	In Person
03:37:30	General Case Activities
03:38:17	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Peles, Dr. Joseph	In Person
01:04:06	Break
01:20:27	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Peles, Dr. Joseph	In Person
02:45:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Peles, Dr. Joseph	In Person
02:49:53	General Case Activities
02:50:31	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
01:42:50	Break
01:58:30	Witness Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
02:45:07	Witness Cross Examination	Mask, Jody	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
03:13:19	General Case Activities
03:14:00	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Mask, Jody	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
00:28:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
00:46:07	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mask, Jody	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
00:52:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
00:54:54	General Case Activities
00:55:29	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
01:28:27	Break
01:42:19	Witness Cross Examination	Garcia, Ricardo	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
02:36:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
02:44:48	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Garcia, Ricardo	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
02:49:15	General Case Activities
02:49:51	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Carter, Jarrod	In Person
01:35:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Carter, Jarrod	In Person
01:46:29	General Case Activities		Carter, Jarrod	In Person
01:52:47	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Carter, Jarrod	In Person
01:54:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Carter, Jarrod	In Person
01:55:21	Break
02:13:51	Witness Direct Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Leigh, Michael	In Person
03:35:07	General Case Activities
03:35:45	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Mask, Jody	Leigh, Michael	In Person
01:05:49	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Leigh, Michael	In Person
01:24:03	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mask, Jody	Leigh, Michael	In Person
01:33:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Leigh, Michael	In Person
01:34:05	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mask, Jody	Leigh, Michael	In Person
01:34:54	General Case Activities
01:35:24	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Croteau, Jeffrey	In Person
01:13:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Croteau, Jeffrey	In Person
01:25:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Croteau, Jeffrey	In Person
01:29:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Croteau, Jeffrey	In Person
01:32:28	General Case Activities		Croteau, Jeffrey	In Person
01:35:04	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Croteau, Jeffrey	In Person
01:36:20	General Case Activities
01:37:32	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

SEP

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

SEP

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Trejo v. Ford Motor Co.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:46	Opening Statement	Mask, Jody
00:25:35	Opening Statement	Crawford, Vaughn
01:23:04	General Case Activities
01:23:49	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:22	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Stevens, Donald	In Person
01:22:25	General Case Activities
01:26:33	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Stevens, Donald	In Person
01:51:23	General Case Activities
01:52:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Zumwalt, Dr. Ross	In Person
00:26:44	Witness Cross Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Zumwalt, Dr. Ross	In Person
01:04:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Zumwalt, Dr. Ross	In Person
01:09:49	Break
01:28:51	General Case Activities		Zumwalt, Dr. Ross	In Person
01:40:56	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Fairchild, Keith	In Person
02:15:13	Witness Cross Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Fairchild, Keith	In Person
02:34:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Fairchild, Keith	In Person
02:37:05	General Case Activities
02:37:48	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:04	Witness Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Trejo, Teresa	In Person
00:20:12	Witness Cross Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Trejo, Teresa	In Person
00:36:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Trejo, Teresa	In Person
00:38:57	General Case Activities
00:41:15	General Case Activities		Trejo, Teresa	In Person
00:43:18	General Case Activities
00:48:12	Witness Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
01:18:35	Break
01:31:51	Witness Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Hoover, Mr. Todd	In Person
03:11:25	General Case Activities
03:11:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:45	Witness Direct Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Cooper, Eddie Ray	In Person
01:12:04	Break
01:26:23	Witness Cross Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Cooper, Eddie Ray	In Person
01:57:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schuttert, Jay	Cooper, Eddie Ray	In Person
01:58:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Lawrence, Larry	Cooper, Eddie Ray	In Person
02:00:49	General Case Activities		Cooper, Eddie Ray	In Person
02:04:30	Witness Direct Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Croteau, Jeffrey	In Person
02:49:43	General Case Activities
02:50:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:18:39	Closing Statement	Mask, Jody
01:02:54	Closing Statement	Crawford, Vaughn
02:43:09	Break
02:53:45	Closing Statement	Crawford, Vaughn
03:04:59	Closing Statement	Mask, Jody
03:25:00	General Case Activities
03:26:56	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:02:36	Reading of the Verdict
		00:04:29	General Case Activities
		00:06:16	End of Session