Goveia v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.

Summary

In this Engle Progeny proceeding, Plaintiff John Goveia alleged R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Philip Morris Tobacco Co and Philip Morris USA, Inc of fraudulent concealment of dangers of smoking which led his wife Mary Goveia to get addicted to smoking and resulted in her death from COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Keith Mitnik and Gregory Prysock. The Defense comprised of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris Tobacco Co and Philip Morris USA, Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was represented by attorney Kurt Weaver, Philip Morris Tobacco Company was represented by attorney Walter Cofer and Philip Morris USA, Inc was represented by attorney Deborah Kuchler.

Outcome

Verdict for Plaintiff

Damages: $850,000.00
Phase 2 - $2,250,000.00 RJ Reynolds
$2,250,000.00 Philip Morris

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Goveia, John
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Philip Morris Tobacco Co
Verdict: $5,350,000

Judge: Patricia Doherty
Jurisdiction: 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Orange County Courthouse

Case Number: 2008-CA-000760-O
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Goveia, John

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Weaver, Kurt (Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP)

Defense

Philip Morris Tobacco Co

Represented By:
Cofer, Walter (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
Kuchler, Deborah (Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC )

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:33:30	Opening Statement	Mitnik, Keith
02:55:30	Break
03:21:21	Opening Statement	Cofer, Walter
04:03:45	Opening Statement	Weaver, Kurt
04:24:54	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	In Person
01:35:00	Break
02:04:45	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	In Person
03:11:00	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	In Person
04:07:00	General Case Activities
04:30:11	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Goveia, John	In Person
00:26:45	General Case Activities
00:33:30	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Goveia, John	In Person
01:55:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Goveia, John	In Person
02:01:27	General Case Activities
02:14:56	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Heyman, Dr. Robert	Video Recording
02:32:45	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Johnston, James "Jim"	Transcript Reading
02:37:45	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:21:30	Break
03:46:30	General Case Activities
04:03:30	Witness Direct Examination	Kuchler, Deborah	Carlton, Donna	Transcript Reading
04:19:55	Witness Direct Examination	Cofer, Walter	Bayorick, Jacob	Transcript Reading
04:50:17	General Case Activities
05:12:30	Witness Direct Examination	Cofer, Walter	Goveia, John	Transcript Reading
05:39:18	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

4 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Closings

3 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es) - Damages

10 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es) - Damages

15 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

FEB

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Goveia v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:21:55	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:57:00	Break
02:34:45	General Case Activities
02:40:40	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:30:19	General Case Activities
03:43:27	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:18:20	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:46:00	Break
02:11:10	General Case Activities
02:15:45	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:55:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:30	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
00:53:27	General Case Activities
01:08:15	Break
01:21:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:50:00	Break
02:04:55	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:57:45	General Case Activities
04:04:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:20	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:30:10	General Case Activities
01:34:45	Break
01:54:45	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:01:51	General Case Activities
02:54:46	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:33:36	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:03	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:34:30	Break
01:59:15	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:58:30	General Case Activities
03:11:20	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:49:00	General Case Activities
03:50:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:30:45	Break
01:55:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:02:30	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	In Person
03:04:30	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:38	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	In Person
01:30:45	Break
01:56:00	General Case Activities
01:59:00	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	In Person
02:05:33	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	In Person
02:57:41	General Case Activities
03:01:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	In Person
01:03:00	General Case Activities
01:09:40	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Downing, Paul	Transcript Reading
01:26:30	Break
01:51:00	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Goveia, Deborah	In Person
02:44:15	Witness Cross Examination	Kuchler, Deborah	Goveia, Deborah	In Person
03:13:15	Break
03:27:00	Witness Cross Examination	Kuchler, Deborah	Goveia, Deborah	In Person
03:50:45	General Case Activities
04:11:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:36	Witness Cross Examination	Kuchler, Deborah	Goveia, Deborah	In Person
01:18:58	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Goveia, Deborah	In Person
01:24:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Goveia, Deborah	In Person
01:25:22	General Case Activities
01:26:20	Break
01:49:50	General Case Activities
01:59:45	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Goveia, John	In Person
02:55:22	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		01:44:45	Break
		02:23:15	General Case Activities
		04:26:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:32:01	Closing Statement	Mitnik, Keith
02:13:29	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:05:43	Break
		00:11:45	General Case Activities
		00:14:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:48:00	Break
02:10:45	General Case Activities
02:17:15	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:36:55	Witness Cross Examination	Kuchler, Deborah	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:48:40	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:53:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
03:01:00	Break
03:13:05	Witness Direct Examination	Cofer, Walter	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
03:40:33	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:35	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:25	General Case Activities
		00:05:37	End of Session