Doris Lucille Cote, et al. v. Five Star Quality Care Inc., et al.

Summary

Jury trial in wrongful death/nursing home negligence suit alleging that Doris Cote died as a result of developing an infected bedsore.

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Outcome

Compensatory Damages: $2.5 million
Punitive Damages: $16.7 million
Total Damages Awarded: $19.2 million

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Cote, Doris
Defense: Five Star Quality Care Inc.
Verdict: $19,200,000

Judge: Mark Aceto
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County
Court: Southeast Court

Case Number: CV2012-094285
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Malpractice

Plaintiff

Cote, Doris

Defense

Five Star Quality Care Inc.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:16:30	General Case Activities
00:47:09	Opening Statement	Lloyd, Arthur
02:20:27	Break
02:35:00	Opening Statement	Williams, Kelli
03:59:00	General Case Activities
04:03:37	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
01:22:10	Break
01:40:10	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
02:00:50	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
02:37:38	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
01:09:18	Break
01:18:31	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Kelli	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
02:14:05	Break
02:29:03	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Kelli	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
02:46:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
02:57:28	General Case Activities		Hewston, Maryann	In Person
03:00:32	General Case Activities	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
03:01:50	General Case Activities	Williams, Kelli	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
03:03:58	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Katherine	In Person
03:28:43	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Katherine	In Person
00:39:54	Break
01:06:45	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Katherine	In Person
01:14:44	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Kelli	Cote, Katherine	In Person
01:49:05	Break
02:07:38	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
03:14:47	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
00:15:28	Witness Cross Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
00:58:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
01:13:05	Break
01:18:02	General Case Activities		Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
01:23:58	General Case Activities	Wright, H. Micheal	Rasnbury, Mary	In Person
01:25:40	Break
01:42:02	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
03:17:49	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Parham, Maria	In Person
00:34:43	Witness Cross Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Parham, Maria	In Person
01:04:04	Break
01:45:53	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
01:51:59	Break
02:07:49	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:42:23	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
03:13:03	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
00:18:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Silva, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
00:49:31	Break
00:54:17	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Dan	In Person
01:25:14	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Cote, Dan	In Person
01:39:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Cote, Dan	In Person
01:44:57	General Case Activities
01:47:09	Break
02:21:45	General Case Activities

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
00:58:20	Witness Cross Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
01:24:50	Break
01:40:22	Witness Cross Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
02:50:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
03:03:30	Break
03:16:57	General Case Activities		Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
03:30:50	General Case Activities	Williams, Kelli	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
03:39:07	General Case Activities	Lloyd, Arthur	Gutierrez, Lori	In Person
03:44:19	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Maze, Cheryl	In Person
00:42:20	Witness Cross Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Maze, Cheryl	In Person
01:27:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Maze, Cheryl	In Person
01:28:52	General Case Activities		Maze, Cheryl	In Person
01:33:25	Break
01:50:41	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Piccard, Olga	In Person
01:57:10	Witness Cross Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Piccard, Olga	In Person
02:06:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Kelli	Piccard, Olga	In Person
02:08:10	General Case Activities
02:09:22	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

MAY

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Openings - Damages

7 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es) - Damages

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Johnson, Robert	Video Recording
00:43:43	Witness Direct Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Parham, Maria	Transcript Reading
00:59:51	General Case Activities
01:02:18	Opening Statement	Williams, Kelli
01:13:41	Break
01:35:50	Witness Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Vavoulis, Ted	In Person
01:46:48	Witness Cross Examination	Lloyd, Arthur	Vavoulis, Ted	In Person
01:49:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Romano, Carol	Vavoulis, Ted	In Person
01:51:38	General Case Activities
01:52:34	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Closings - Damages

7 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Verdict - Damages

3 Chapters

MAY

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Doris Lucille Cote, et al. v. Five Star Quality Care Inc., et al.

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:29	Witness Cross Examination	Romano, Carol	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
00:21:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
00:50:08	General Case Activities
00:58:49	General Case Activities
01:01:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
01:02:54	General Case Activities	Wright, H. Micheal	Arbeit, Byron	In Person
01:04:46	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
01:25:51	Break
01:40:26	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
01:56:16	Break
02:03:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Hewston, Maryann	In Person
02:55:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:26	Closing Statement	Lloyd, Arthur
01:01:47	Break
01:16:09	Closing Statement	Romano, Carol
02:13:25	Break
02:28:08	Closing Statement	Wright, H. Micheal
03:07:12	General Case Activities
03:15:57	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:06:50	Break
		00:18:06	General Case Activities
		00:20:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:29	Opening Statement	Lloyd, Arthur
00:23:52	General Case Activities
00:58:28	General Case Activities
00:59:34	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Johnson, Robert	Video Recording
01:07:38	Witness Direct Examination	Wright, H. Micheal	Johnson, Robert	Transcript Reading
01:28:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:46	Closing Statement	Lloyd, Arthur
00:33:08	Closing Statement	Romano, Carol
00:57:51	Break
01:03:12	Closing Statement	Wright, H. Micheal
01:18:21	General Case Activities
01:22:36	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:38	General Case Activities
		00:05:35	End of Session