Aspinall v. Philip Morris

Summary

A trial began Monday in a long-running class action filed in 1998 on behalf of nearly 200,000 Massachusetts smokers seeking up to $609 million from tobacco giant Philip Morris USA for allegedly duping them by falsely claiming that Marlboro Light brand cigarettes exposed them to lower tar and nicotine levels than Marlboro Reds.

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Outcome

Decision in 60 days.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Aspinall, Lori
Defense: Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Judge: Edward Leibensperger
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk County
Court: Suffolk County Courthouse

Case Number: SUCV1998-06002
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco, Products Liability

Plaintiff

Aspinall, Lori

Defense

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Represented By:
Parsigian, Kenneth (Latham & Watkins LLP)
Stone, Gregory (Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (Los Angeles))

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:33	Opening Statement	Urmy, Thomas
00:29:26	Opening Statement	Parsigian, Kenneth
01:14:00	Witness Direct Examination		Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
02:00:01	Break
02:17:30	Witness Direct Examination		Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
03:49:01	Witness Cross Examination		Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
04:00:56	End of Session

OCT

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

21 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

NOV

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:30	Witness Direct Examination	McLoughlin, Ian	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:00:31	Break
02:17:00	Witness Direct Examination	McLoughlin, Ian	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:27:09	Witness Cross Examination	Parsigian, Kenneth	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
04:00:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:53	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Shields, Dr. Peter	In Person
02:00:24	Break
02:16:49	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Shields, Dr. Peter	In Person
02:46:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Blauner, Michelle	Shields, Dr. Peter	In Person
03:23:01	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Shields, Dr. Peter	In Person
03:46:20	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:28	Witness Direct Examination	Dunn, Dr. William Jr.	Video Recording
00:38:21	General Case Activities
00:42:49	Witness Direct Examination	Dunn, Dr. William Jr.	Transcript Reading
00:51:20	Witness Direct Examination	Lilly, A.C.	Video Recording
01:21:43	Witness Direct Examination	Fernery, Harold	Video Recording
01:38:18	Witness Direct Examination	Wigby, Gerry	Video Recording
01:58:04	Break
02:16:18	Witness Direct Examination	Wigby, Gerry	Video Recording
02:35:41	Witness Direct Examination	Wigby, Gerry	Video Recording
03:05:12	Witness Direct Examination	Merlo, Ellen	Video Recording
03:17:20	Witness Direct Examination	Merlo, Ellen	Transcript Reading
03:17:20	Witness Direct Examination	Merlo, Ellen	Transcript Reading
03:21:59	Witness Direct Examination	Merlo, Ellen	Video Recording
04:05:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:36	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:59:27	Break
02:16:10	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:22:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:59:16	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:04:56	General Case Activities
03:09:09	Witness Direct Examination		Berlin, David	Video Recording
03:39:54	General Case Activities
03:46:20	Witness Direct Examination		Bonhomme, Jeanne	Video Recording
04:00:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:14	Witness Cross Examination	Parsigian, Kenneth	Dennis, Dr. J. Michael	In Person
00:31:21	General Case Activities
00:32:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Dennis, Dr. J. Michael	In Person
00:53:10	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Parsigian, Kenneth	Dennis, Dr. J. Michael	In Person
00:54:53	General Case Activities
01:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Harris, Mr. Jeffrey PhD, MD	In Person
02:03:12	Break
02:20:34	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Harris, Mr. Jeffrey PhD, MD	In Person
03:59:24	End of Session

Aspinall v. Philip Morris

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

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Video Library

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:05	Witness Cross Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
02:00:54	Break
03:17:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
03:35:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
03:38:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
03:39:40	General Case Activities
03:55:43	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:01	Witness Direct Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
00:08:26	General Case Activities
00:16:07	Witness Direct Examination	Coleman, Joseph III	Video Recording
00:50:59	Witness Direct Examination	Coleman, Joseph III	Transcript Reading
01:07:44	Witness Direct Examination	Milheiser, Dr.	Video Recording
01:56:58	Break
02:17:02	Witness Direct Examination	Wakeham, Helmut	Transcript Reading
03:13:10	General Case Activities
03:17:22	Witness Cross Examination	Wakeham, Helmut	Transcript Reading
03:31:17	Witness Direct Examination	Dunn, Dr. William Jr.	Video Recording
03:54:01	General Case Activities
03:56:36	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:59	Witness Direct Examination	Blauner, Michelle	Shields, Dr. Peter	In Person
01:59:54	Break
02:17:36	Witness Direct Examination	Blauner, Michelle	Shields, Dr. Peter	In Person
04:03:34	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:47	Witness Direct Examination	Blauner, Michelle	Shields, Dr. Peter	In Person
01:57:10	Break
02:17:03	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Shields, Dr. Peter	In Person
04:00:34	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:44	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:56:37	Break
02:15:40	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:39:53	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
04:02:57	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:42	Witness Direct Examination		Bonhomme, Jeanne	Video Recording
00:43:30	General Case Activities
00:55:31	Break
01:00:41	Witness Direct Examination		Bonhomme, Jeanne	Transcript Reading
02:12:16	Break
02:28:24	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Geanacopoulos, Dr. Thomas	In Person
02:47:08	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Geanacopoulos, Dr. Thomas	In Person
03:30:13	General Case Activities
03:35:49	Witness Direct Examination		Morgan, James	Video Recording
03:58:14	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:00	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Aspinall, Lori	In Person
00:24:40	Witness Cross Examination	Parsigian, Kenneth	Aspinall, Lori	In Person
00:55:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Aspinall, Lori	In Person
01:02:25	Break
01:12:55	Witness Direct Examination		Morgan, James	Video Recording
01:28:15	General Case Activities
01:29:27	Witness Direct Examination		Morgan, James	Transcript Reading
01:55:38	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:18	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Dennis, Dr. J. Michael	In Person
02:00:28	Break
02:16:24	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Dennis, Dr. J. Michael	In Person
02:32:42	Witness Cross Examination	Parsigian, Kenneth	Dennis, Dr. J. Michael	In Person
04:04:09	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:43	Witness Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Harris, Mr. Jeffrey PhD, MD	In Person
01:05:16	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Harris, Mr. Jeffrey PhD, MD	In Person
01:59:09	Break
02:15:35	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Harris, Mr. Jeffrey PhD, MD	In Person
03:33:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Harris, Mr. Jeffrey PhD, MD	In Person
03:56:55	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Harris, Mr. Jeffrey PhD, MD	In Person
04:04:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:40:13	Witness Direct Examination	Stone, Gregory	Murphy, Kevin	In Person
01:57:35	Break
02:14:49	Witness Direct Examination	Stone, Gregory	Murphy, Kevin	In Person
02:23:27	Witness Cross Examination	McLoughlin, Ian	Murphy, Kevin	In Person
03:55:18	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:22	Witness Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Murphy, Kevin	In Person
01:01:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McLoughlin, Ian	Murphy, Kevin	In Person
01:48:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Murphy, Kevin	In Person
02:01:30	Break
02:16:47	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Stone, Gregory	Murphy, Kevin	In Person
02:27:49	General Case Activities
02:29:28	Witness Direct Examination		Ashley, Georgo	Video Recording
02:39:09	Witness Direct Examination		Moore, Beverly	Video Recording
02:46:50	Witness Direct Examination		Mleczko, William	Video Recording
02:55:44	Witness Direct Examination		Schwaber, Robert	Video Recording
03:03:51	Witness Direct Examination		Smetana, Leonard	Video Recording
03:12:13	Witness Direct Examination		Claporn, Dolores	Video Recording
03:16:31	Witness Direct Examination		Sammon, Kathleen	Video Recording
03:22:32	Witness Direct Examination		Bither, Donald	Video Recording
03:31:32	Witness Direct Examination		Carroll, Brian	Video Recording
03:37:56	Witness Direct Examination		Burge, Kathleen	Video Recording
03:47:27	Witness Direct Examination		Chaplan, Joseph	Video Recording
03:54:33	Witness Direct Examination		Kioussis, Caroline	Video Recording
04:01:56	General Case Activities
04:04:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:15	Witness Direct Examination	Stone, Gregory	Mathiowetz, Dr. Nancy	In Person
02:00:27	Break
02:17:11	Witness Direct Examination	Stone, Gregory	Mathiowetz, Dr. Nancy	In Person
02:25:51	Witness Cross Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Mathiowetz, Dr. Nancy	In Person
03:46:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Stone, Gregory	Mathiowetz, Dr. Nancy	In Person
03:54:23	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Urmy, Thomas	Mathiowetz, Dr. Nancy	In Person
03:58:28	General Case Activities
03:59:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:14	Witness Direct Examination		Graham, Christopher	Video Recording
00:07:59	Witness Direct Examination		Lavelle, Peter	Video Recording
00:20:09	Witness Direct Examination		Lassey, Paula	Video Recording
00:23:45	Witness Direct Examination		Jasukonis, Michele	Video Recording
00:29:32	Witness Direct Examination		Thies, Douglas	Video Recording
00:35:41	Witness Direct Examination	Stone, Gregory	Valberg, Dr. Peter	In Person
01:59:09	Break
02:15:12	Witness Direct Examination	Stone, Gregory	Valberg, Dr. Peter	In Person
03:09:06	Witness Cross Examination	Blauner, Michelle	Valberg, Dr. Peter	In Person
03:58:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:06	Witness Cross Examination	Blauner, Michelle	Valberg, Dr. Peter	In Person
01:57:18	Break
02:12:16	Witness Cross Examination	Blauner, Michelle	Valberg, Dr. Peter	In Person
02:55:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Stone, Gregory	Valberg, Dr. Peter	In Person
03:36:50	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Blauner, Michelle	Valberg, Dr. Peter	In Person
03:47:31	Witness Direct Examination		Geanacopoulos, Dr. Thomas	Video Recording
03:49:46	General Case Activities
03:57:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:34	Closing Statement	Stone, Gregory
01:09:36	Break
01:24:19	Closing Statement	Urmy, Thomas
02:32:02	End of Session