Andy Allen v. RJR

Trial 04/11/11 – 04/27/11

Case Number: 16-2007-CA-008311-AXXX-MA
Status: Concluded - Verdict
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Products Liability
Judge: Tyrie Boyer
Court: Duval County Courthouse
Jurisdiction: 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida

Description

This Engle-progeny tobacco trial involves Patricia "Patty" Allen, who was born in 1948, and smoked for 36 years. She died of COPD caused by smoking.

The found R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris liable on all theories, and awarded $3M in damages to Ms. Allen's husband and $3M in damages to Ms. Allen's husband, and $17M each in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, for a total damage award of $40M.

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Sessions
Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

April 27 - AM Session

Openings - Damages

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:43:06	00:43:06	General Case Activities
00:45:20	00:45:20	General Case Activities
00:48:16	00:48:16	General Case Activities
00:49:21	00:49:21	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:13:13	01:13:13	Witness Cross Examination	Webb, Dan	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:28:36	01:28:36	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:39:17	01:39:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:44:31	01:44:31	General Case Activities		Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:50:04	01:50:04	Break
02:11:07	02:11:07	Witness Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
03:22:04	03:22:04	End of Session

April 27 - PM Session

Openings - Damages

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:55	00:05:55	General Case Activities		Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
00:16:32	00:16:32	Witness Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
00:33:44	00:33:44	General Case Activities
00:38:24	00:38:24	General Case Activities
00:38:47	00:38:47	Witness Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
00:47:11	00:47:11	Break
01:13:30	01:13:30	General Case Activities		Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:15:48	01:15:48	Witness Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:36:56	01:36:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:41:00	01:41:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:41:59	01:41:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:42:56	01:42:56	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:43:14	01:43:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:43:55	01:43:55	General Case Activities		Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:56:02	01:56:02	General Case Activities	Webb, Dan	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
01:58:05	01:58:05	General Case Activities	Mitnik, Keith	Lipowicz, Peter	In Person
02:00:37	02:00:37	General Case Activities
02:01:04	02:01:04	Break
02:20:51	02:20:51	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, John	Figler, Dr. James	In Person
04:11:26	04:11:26	Break
04:20:14	04:20:14	Witness Cross Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Figler, Dr. James	In Person
04:45:06	04:45:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, John	Figler, Dr. James	In Person
04:47:03	04:47:03	Break
04:58:00	04:58:00	General Case Activities
05:01:29	05:01:29	General Case Activities
05:09:04	05:09:04	Closing Statement	Mitnik, Keith
05:39:21	05:39:21	Closing Statement	Webb, Dan
06:08:27	06:08:27	Closing Statement	Murphy, Dennis
06:26:16	06:26:16	Break
06:34:38	06:34:38	Closing Statement	Mitnik, Keith
06:49:06	06:49:06	General Case Activities
06:49:44	06:49:44	End of Session

April 27 - PM Session

Verdict

		Description
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:11	00:01:11	Reading of the Verdict
00:02:45	00:02:45	General Case Activities
00:06:47	00:06:47	End of Session

April 26 - AM Session

Closings

		Description	Attorney
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:18	00:15:18	General Case Activities
00:45:22	00:45:22	Break
00:49:48	00:49:48	General Case Activities
00:51:30	00:51:30	Closing Statement	Mitnik, Keith
02:10:25	02:10:25	Break
02:24:58	02:24:58	General Case Activities
02:28:08	02:28:08	Closing Statement	Mitnik, Keith
03:22:55	03:22:55	End of Session

April 26 - PM Session

Closings

		Description	Attorney
00:00:00	00:00:00	Closing Statement	Murphy, Dennis
00:37:05	00:37:05	Break
00:42:39	00:42:39	General Case Activities	Murphy, Dennis
01:35:06	01:35:06	General Case Activities
01:35:59	01:35:59	Break
01:39:35	01:39:35	Closing Statement	Murphy, Dennis
01:54:04	01:54:04	Break
02:05:29	02:05:29	General Case Activities
02:11:38	02:11:38	Closing Statement	Webb, Dan
03:06:52	03:06:52	Break
03:12:36	03:12:36	Closing Statement	Mitnik, Keith
03:50:52	03:50:52	General Case Activities
04:16:14	04:16:14	End of Session

April 26 - PM Session

Verdict

		Description
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:23	00:04:23	Reading of the Verdict
00:08:59	00:08:59	General Case Activities
00:10:37	00:10:37	End of Session

April 25 - AM Session

Other

		Description	Attorney
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:29	00:07:29	General Case Activities	Murphy, Dennis
00:19:53	00:19:53	General Case Activities	Tayrani, Amir
00:25:36	00:25:36	General Case Activities	Tayrani, Amir
00:36:39	00:36:39	General Case Activities	Prysock, Gregory
01:18:01	01:18:01	Break
01:33:28	01:33:28	General Case Activities
01:37:49	01:37:49	Break
01:45:52	01:45:52	General Case Activities
02:22:02	02:22:02	End of Session

April 25 - PM Session

Other

		Description
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:54	00:04:54	Break
00:38:03	00:38:03	General Case Activities
01:03:21	01:03:21	General Case Activities
01:06:21	01:06:21	Break
02:10:04	02:10:04	General Case Activities
03:10:53	03:10:53	Break
03:15:17	03:15:17	General Case Activities
04:17:46	04:17:46	Break
04:24:30	04:24:30	General Case Activities
04:28:54	04:28:54	Break
04:35:04	04:35:04	General Case Activities
04:43:29	04:43:29	End of Session

April 22 - AM Session

Not in Session

April 22 - PM Session

Not in Session

April 21 - AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:33:23	00:33:23	General Case Activities
00:36:48	00:36:48	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
01:12:21	01:12:21	Break
01:58:26	01:58:26	General Case Activities
02:03:30	02:03:30	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
02:35:30	02:35:30	Witness Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
02:36:55	02:36:55	General Case Activities		Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
02:37:01	02:37:01	General Case Activities
02:40:37	02:40:37	General Case Activities		Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
02:42:58	02:42:58	General Case Activities
02:49:09	02:49:09	Witness Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
03:02:20	03:02:20	End of Session

April 21 - PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:52	00:00:52	Witness Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
01:27:34	01:27:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
01:35:44	01:35:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
01:41:05	01:41:05	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
01:41:28	01:41:28	General Case Activities		Bernstein, Dr. Lawson M.D., P.C.	In Person
01:47:38	01:47:38	Break
02:26:48	02:26:48	General Case Activities
02:32:48	02:32:48	Witness Direct Examination	Keehfus, Jason	Curly, Dr. Frank MD	Transcript Reading
03:37:34	03:37:34	General Case Activities
03:38:51	03:38:51	Witness Direct Examination	Keehfus, Jason	Crawford, Charlene	Transcript Reading
03:59:21	03:59:21	General Case Activities
04:07:12	04:07:12	General Case Activities
04:13:11	04:13:11	End of Session

April 20 - AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:32:12	00:32:12	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Dawkins, Jeanette	Transcript Reading
00:57:19	00:57:19	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Neilsen, Rose	Transcript Reading
01:34:47	01:34:47	Break
02:04:24	02:04:24	General Case Activities
02:15:00	02:15:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Walker, Sandra	Transcript Reading
02:29:59	02:29:59	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Proctor, Dr. Robert Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:32:27	03:32:27	End of Session

April 20 - PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:11:02	00:11:02	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Allen, Andy Sr.	In Person
00:42:08	00:42:08	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Allen, Andy Sr.	In Person
00:57:46	00:57:46	Witness Cross Examination	Webb, Dan	Allen, Andy Sr.	In Person
01:01:51	01:01:51	General Case Activities
01:08:05	01:08:05	Witness Direct Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Allen, Amber	In Person
01:27:41	01:27:41	Witness Cross Examination	Keehfus, Jason	Allen, Amber	In Person
01:33:22	01:33:22	General Case Activities
01:48:20	01:48:20	Break
02:09:19	02:09:19	General Case Activities
02:10:23	02:10:23	Witness Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Schroeder, Charles MD	In Person
02:55:12	02:55:12	Witness Cross Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Schroeder, Charles MD	In Person
03:16:43	03:16:43	Break
03:22:52	03:22:52	Witness Cross Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Schroeder, Charles MD	In Person
03:34:58	03:34:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Schroeder, Charles MD	In Person
03:39:19	03:39:19	Break
03:47:53	03:47:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Webb, Dan	Schroeder, Charles MD	In Person
03:50:02	03:50:02	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Schroeder, Charles MD	In Person
03:52:00	03:52:00	End of Session

April 19 - AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
01:02:08	01:02:08	Break
01:06:21	01:06:21	Witness Direct Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
01:29:33	01:29:33	Break
02:38:35	02:38:35	Witness Direct Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
03:40:08	03:40:08	End of Session

April 19 - PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
-3:00:00	-3:00:00	General Case Activities
-3:09:16	-3:09:16	Witness Direct Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
-3:21:58	-3:21:58	Witness Cross Examination	Webb, Dan	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
-2:16:31	-2:16:31	Break
-2:40:25	-2:40:25	General Case Activities
-2:45:34	-2:45:34	Witness Cross Examination	Webb, Dan	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
00:32:23	00:32:23	Break
00:37:52	00:37:52	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
01:09:15	01:09:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Taraska, Joseph	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
01:39:50	01:39:50	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Burns, Dr. David MD	In Person
01:42:20	01:42:20	General Case Activities
01:48:57	01:48:57	End of Session

April 18 - AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:40	00:02:40	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
01:24:56	01:24:56	Break
01:53:15	01:53:15	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
01:54:16	01:54:16	Witness Cross Examination	Webb, Dan	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
03:15:47	03:15:47	End of Session

April 18 - PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Webb, Dan	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
00:12:50	00:12:50	Break
00:17:25	00:17:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
01:37:51	01:37:51	Break
02:12:16	02:12:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
02:23:46	02:23:46	Break
02:31:07	02:31:07	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
02:35:23	02:35:23	Break
03:15:29	03:15:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
03:25:20	03:25:20	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
03:27:27	03:27:27	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Webb, Dan	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
03:34:54	03:34:54	General Case Activities
03:35:59	03:35:59	End of Session

April 15 - AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
00:32:29	00:32:29	Break
00:44:02	00:44:02	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
01:14:51	01:14:51	Break
01:44:24	01:44:24	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
02:02:36	02:02:36	Break
02:43:15	02:43:15	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
02:47:14	02:47:14	Break
02:51:21	02:51:21	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
02:52:48	02:52:48	End of Session

April 15 - PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
01:40:18	01:40:18	Break
02:11:23	02:11:23	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
02:53:23	02:53:23	Break
03:07:40	03:07:40	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
03:41:43	03:41:43	General Case Activities
03:42:27	03:42:27	End of Session

April 14 - AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:25	00:00:25	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Norgaard, Phyllis	In Person
00:35:36	00:35:36	Break
00:57:59	00:57:59	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
02:08:32	02:08:32	Break
02:20:36	02:20:36	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
02:38:05	02:38:05	End of Session

April 14 - PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
01:07:42	01:07:42	Break
01:30:18	01:30:18	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael"	In Person
03:42:02	03:42:02	End of Session

April 13 - AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:03	00:01:03	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, John	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
01:22:09	01:22:09	Break
01:50:40	01:50:40	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, John	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
02:20:37	02:20:37	Break
02:29:30	02:29:30	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, John	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
03:06:46	03:06:46	End of Session

April 13 - PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, John	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
01:00:04	01:00:04	Break
01:36:38	01:36:38	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, John	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
01:37:37	01:37:37	Witness Cross Examination	Webb, Dan	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
02:08:56	02:08:56	Break
02:17:25	02:17:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
03:09:11	03:09:11	General Case Activities
03:12:29	03:12:29	Break
03:21:21	03:21:21	General Case Activities		Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
03:23:51	03:23:51	End of Session

April 12 - PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
01:04:34	01:04:34	Break
01:28:12	01:28:12	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
01:57:21	01:57:21	Break
02:08:23	02:08:23	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, John	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
02:09:29	02:09:29	Break
02:22:37	02:22:37	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, John	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
02:40:40	02:40:40	Break
03:10:36	03:10:36	General Case Activities
03:11:05	03:11:05	End of Session

April 12 - AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

		Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:27	00:00:27	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
01:02:38	01:02:38	Break
01:25:49	01:25:49	General Case Activities
01:26:08	01:26:08	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
01:38:57	01:38:57	Break
02:00:16	02:00:16	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Henningfield, Dr. Jack	In Person
02:37:40	02:37:40	End of Session

April 11 - AM Session

Openings

		Description
00:47:59	00:47:59	General Case Activities
00:51:45	00:51:45	Break
01:35:12	01:35:12	General Case Activities
02:06:52	02:06:52	End of Session

April 11 - PM Session

Openings

		Description	Attorney
00:00:00	00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:14	00:01:14	Opening Statement	Mitnik, Keith
00:56:29	00:56:29	Break
01:07:43	01:07:43	Opening Statement	Mitnik, Keith
02:25:23	02:25:23	Break
02:48:53	02:48:53	Opening Statement	Murphy, Dennis
04:17:42	04:17:42	Break
04:25:45	04:25:45	Opening Statement	Webb, Dan
05:00:36	05:00:36	End of Session