Hubbird v. R J Reynolds Tobacco Co

Summary

In this Engle progeny lawsuit, plaintiff, the stepdaughter of David R. Ellsworth, claims defendant is responsible for Ellsworth's smoking addiction, which ultimately caused the lung cancer that led to his death.

Outcome

Fault:
Ellsworth- 50%, RJ Reynolds- 50%

Damages:
Pain and Suffering - $3,000,000.00

Phase 2 - Punitive damages - $25,000,000.00

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Hubbird, Sherri
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $28,000,000

Judge: Victoria Sigler
Jurisdiction: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Dade County Courthouse

Case Number: 2012-18904-CA-01
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Hubbird, Sherri

Represented By:
Kaiser, Allan (Ferraro Law Firm (Miami))
Gottfried, Christopher (Ferraro Law Firm (Miami))

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Kaiser, Allan
01:24:52	General Case Activities
01:25:44	End of Session

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:17	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	O'Brien, Dr. Charles	In Person
00:18:16	Witness Cross Examination	Kreiner, Christopher	O'Brien, Dr. Charles	In Person
01:40:22	Break
01:57:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	O'Brien, Dr. Charles	In Person
02:33:30	General Case Activities		O'Brien, Dr. Charles	In Person
02:47:37	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Mayou, Ricky	In Person
03:22:21	Witness Cross Examination	Kane, Jennifer	Mayou, Ricky	In Person
03:31:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Mayou, Ricky	In Person
03:39:18	General Case Activities		Mayou, Ricky	In Person
03:42:40	General Case Activities
03:49:06	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:30:47	Witness Direct Examination		Ellsworth, Richard	Transcript Reading
01:03:58	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Hubbird, Sherri	In Person
01:39:23	Break
02:00:20	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Hubbird, Sherri	In Person
02:19:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Hubbird, Sherri	In Person
02:28:19	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Hubbird, Sherri	In Person
02:36:55	General Case Activities		Hubbird, Sherri	In Person
02:40:19	General Case Activities
02:41:13	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Other

4 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Openings - Damages

12 Chapters

PM Session

Closings - Damages

10 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict - Damages

4 Chapters

AUG

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Hubbird v. R J Reynolds Tobacco Co

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:51	Opening Statement	Persons, W. Ray
01:15:03	Break
01:22:26	General Case Activities
01:31:21	Witness Direct Examination		Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:24:05	General Case Activities
03:26:54	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:27:08	Witness Direct Examination	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:44:54	Break
02:00:55	General Case Activities
02:05:32	Witness Direct Examination	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:00:36	General Case Activities
05:27:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:49	Witness Cross Examination		Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:52:28	Break
02:05:56	General Case Activities
02:10:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination		Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:34:11	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:54:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:59	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:13:40	General Case Activities
01:25:55	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:01:10	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Todd	Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:52:35	General Case Activities
02:56:01	Break
03:08:35	General Case Activities
03:11:01	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Todd	Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
04:24:33	General Case Activities
04:27:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:22:37	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Todd	Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
00:55:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:24:46	General Case Activities		Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:32:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Cerfolio, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:34:37	General Case Activities
01:35:21	Break
01:50:05	General Case Activities
01:55:59	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	O'Brien, Dr. Charles	In Person
03:19:56	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:43:18	Break
00:56:16	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Ellsworth, Carrie	In Person
01:40:22	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Ellsworth, Carrie	In Person
01:54:49	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Ellsworth, Carrie	In Person
01:55:36	General Case Activities
02:00:09	General Case Activities		Ellsworth, Carrie	In Person
02:08:21	Break
02:26:34	Witness Direct Examination		Heimann, Robert	Video Recording
02:30:17	General Case Activities
04:17:13	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:23:57	Witness Direct Examination	Gottfried, Christopher	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:18:15	Witness Cross Examination	Kreiner, Christopher	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:42:25	General Case Activities
01:49:36	Break
01:59:50	Witness Cross Examination	Kreiner, Christopher	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:19:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gottfried, Christopher	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
02:33:09	General Case Activities
02:34:58	Witness Direct Examination		Heimann, Robert	Video Recording
03:49:59	General Case Activities
03:57:35	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:40:33	Witness Direct Examination	Ellsworth, Donald	Transcript Reading
01:25:32	General Case Activities
01:45:15	Break
01:50:29	General Case Activities
01:54:14	Witness Direct Examination	Mayou, Carol	Transcript Reading
02:31:52	General Case Activities
02:40:27	Witness Direct Examination	Mayou, Carol	Transcript Reading
03:03:32	General Case Activities
03:48:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:45:13	Break
01:54:56	Witness Direct Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Okun, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:55:09	Break
03:10:16	General Case Activities
03:14:20	Witness Direct Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Okun, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
03:17:37	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Okun, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
03:59:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Okun, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
04:07:53	General Case Activities		Okun, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
04:11:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Okun, Dr. David M.D.	In Person
04:13:03	General Case Activities
04:15:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:29	Witness Direct Examination	Kreiner, Christopher	Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
01:32:39	Break
01:52:01	Witness Direct Examination	Kreiner, Christopher	Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
02:53:59	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
03:41:38	Break
03:50:45	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
04:05:36	General Case Activities
04:11:13	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:11:25	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
02:01:10	Break
02:12:20	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
02:44:46	General Case Activities
02:46:18	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:34:30	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
00:46:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kreiner, Christopher	Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
01:14:53	General Case Activities		Samuel, Dr. Roger M.D.	In Person
01:17:32	General Case Activities
01:23:56	Break
01:39:30	General Case Activities
02:28:48	Break
02:41:08	General Case Activities
05:18:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:20:53	Break
00:35:02	General Case Activities
01:53:20	Closing Statement	Kaiser, Allan
03:16:32	General Case Activities
03:17:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:16	Closing Statement	Persons, W. Ray
01:40:22	General Case Activities
01:41:22	Break
01:58:07	Closing Statement	Kaiser, Allan
02:28:15	General Case Activities
02:56:05	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:38	Reading of the Verdict
		00:11:54	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		01:14:41	Break
		01:31:11	General Case Activities
		01:33:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:25	Witness Direct Examination	Kreiner, Christopher	Borgerding, Dr. Michael	In Person
01:07:21	Break
01:25:24	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Borgerding, Dr. Michael	In Person
01:53:31	General Case Activities
02:06:03	Closing Statement	Kaiser, Allan
02:18:41	Closing Statement	Persons, W. Ray
02:41:54	Closing Statement	Kaiser, Allan
02:50:19	General Case Activities
02:53:38	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:17	Reading of the Verdict
		00:00:58	General Case Activities
		00:04:09	End of Session