Bernice McCall v. Philip Morris

Summary

In this Engle tobacco litigation proceeding, Bernice McCall claims defendant Philip Morris concealed the dangers of cigarettes, which caused the lung cancer and death of Martin McCall.

Outcome

Verdict for Plaintiff

Responsibility:

McCall 75%
Philip Morris 25%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: McCall, Bernice
Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Defense: Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Verdict: $350,000

Judge: John Murphy
Jurisdiction: 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Judicial Complex

Case Number: 2007-CV-036888
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

McCall, Bernice

Plaintiff

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Represented By:
Geraghty, William "Bill" (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
Brenner, Andrew (Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP)

Defense

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Represented By:
Geraghty, William "Bill" (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
Brenner, Andrew (Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:18:22	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Openings

14 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:25:02	Break
01:39:21	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:44:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:15:38	Break
02:26:02	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Walker, Dr. William M.D.	Video Recording
02:59:44	General Case Activities
03:31:45	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Scott, Dr. Ronald M.D.	In Person
00:43:09	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Scott, Dr. Ronald M.D.	In Person
01:25:38	Break
01:40:51	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Scott, Dr. Ronald M.D.	In Person
02:04:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Scott, Dr. Ronald M.D.	In Person
02:06:12	Break
02:10:31	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	McCall, Stephen	Transcript Reading
02:42:17	General Case Activities
02:47:22	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
00:47:10	Break
00:55:35	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
01:21:52	General Case Activities
01:33:27	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
01:42:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
01:54:35	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	McCall, Stephen	Transcript Reading
02:24:10	General Case Activities
02:26:00	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:21:27	Break
01:35:29	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:57:14	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
00:08:01	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:14:08	Break
01:26:15	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:59:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:11:25	General Case Activities
02:34:25	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Bakken, Dr. Carl M.D.	In Person
00:39:11	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Bakken, Dr. Carl M.D.	In Person
01:19:48	Break
01:41:01	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Bakken, Dr. Carl M.D.	In Person
01:43:36	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	McCall, Bernice	In Person
00:35:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	McCall, Bernice	In Person
00:44:00	General Case Activities		McCall, Bernice	In Person
00:52:50	Break
01:06:37	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	Johnston, Donald	Transcript Reading
01:20:05	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	Johnston, James "Jim"	Transcript Reading
01:34:10	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	Campbell, William	Transcript Reading
01:44:02	Witness Direct Examination	Chaikin, Jordan	Morgan, James	Transcript Reading
02:10:11	General Case Activities	Alvarez, Alex
02:14:33	General Case Activities
02:16:01	Break
02:31:22	Witness Direct Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
02:58:15	General Case Activities
03:00:34	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
01:26:51	Break
01:34:29	Witness Cross Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
02:30:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
02:36:39	Witness Direct Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Madore, Dorothy	Video Recording
02:52:35	General Case Activities
03:00:16	General Case Activities
03:46:15	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

MAR

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

MAR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Bernice McCall v. Philip Morris

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Video Library

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:50	Opening Statement	Alvarez, Alex
01:03:09	Break
01:03:35	General Case Activities
01:05:25	Break
01:14:27	Opening Statement	Alvarez, Alex
01:22:14	Opening Statement	Chaikin, Jordan
01:47:14	General Case Activities
01:49:15	Break
01:52:31	Opening Statement	Chaikin, Jordan
02:03:50	Opening Statement	Geraghty, William "Bill"
02:20:32	Opening Statement	Brenner, Andrew
03:20:22	General Case Activities
03:25:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:35	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:17:24	Break
01:31:58	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:48:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:08	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:29:59	General Case Activities
01:32:23	Break
01:42:52	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:23:09	General Case Activities
03:24:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:11	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:12:30	Break
01:23:58	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:41:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:14	Break
00:05:50	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Bakken, Dr. Carl M.D.	In Person
00:23:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Bakken, Dr. Carl M.D.	In Person
00:35:37	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Bakken, Dr. Carl M.D.	In Person
00:39:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	Bakken, Dr. Carl M.D.	In Person
00:42:27	General Case Activities		Bakken, Dr. Carl M.D.	In Person
00:44:27	Break
00:49:27	Witness Direct Examination	Alvarez, Alex	McCall, Bernice	In Person
01:33:52	General Case Activities
01:40:22	Break
01:43:48	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	McCall, Bernice	In Person
03:00:57	Break
03:02:29	General Case Activities
03:07:32	Break
03:14:36	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	McCall, Bernice	In Person
03:48:04	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:04	Break
00:13:07	General Case Activities
00:49:23	Break
01:00:00	General Case Activities
01:00:51	Closing Statement	Alvarez, Alex
02:21:01	Break
02:33:24	Closing Statement	Geraghty, William "Bill"
03:20:56	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:12	Closing Statement	Geraghty, William "Bill"
00:57:21	Closing Statement	Alvarez, Alex
01:04:01	General Case Activities
01:18:43	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:52	General Case Activities
		00:06:27	General Case Activities
		00:06:55	End of Session