Brian Lang McDowell v. Ford Motor Company

Summary

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ford-explorer-lawsuits-exhaust-leak-carbon-monoxide/

Outcome

Defense verdict

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: McDowell, Brian
Defense: Ford Motor Co Inc

Judge: William Claster
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, Orange County
Court: Complex Civil Center

Case Number: 30-2016-0086652-CU-PL-CXC
Industry
Practice Area

Plaintiff

McDowell, Brian

Defense

Ford Motor Co Inc

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:18:06	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Kar, Dr. Naresh Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
00:44:24	Witness Cross Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Kar, Dr. Naresh Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
01:09:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Kar, Dr. Naresh Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
01:12:44	Break
01:28:44	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Polkabla , Michael	In Person
02:08:03	Witness Cross Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Polkabla , Michael	In Person
02:25:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Polkabla , Michael	In Person
02:28:40	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Mesri , Officer Siavash	In Person
00:19:40	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Mesri , Officer Siavash	In Person
00:39:30	General Case Activities		Mesri , Officer Siavash	In Person
00:40:40	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Farris, Officer Nathan	In Person
01:08:17	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Farris, Officer Nathan	In Person
01:21:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Farris, Officer Nathan	In Person
01:22:44	Break
01:39:40	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Parent, Officer Scott	In Person
02:22:20	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Parent, Officer Scott	In Person
02:43:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Parent, Officer Scott	In Person
02:45:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Parent, Officer Scott	In Person
02:47:31	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	McMillin, Jeremy	In Person
00:52:38	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	McMillin, Jeremy	In Person
01:11:00	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Chen, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
01:28:25	Break
01:44:36	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Chen, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
01:47:57	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Chen, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
02:05:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Chen, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
02:08:02	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Tecoma, Dr. Evelyn M.D.	In Person
02:35:54	Witness Cross Examination		Tecoma, Dr. Evelyn M.D.	In Person
02:59:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Tecoma, Dr. Evelyn M.D.	In Person
03:01:27	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Wagner, Dr. Kendall M.D.	In Person
00:35:27	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Wagner, Dr. Kendall M.D.	In Person
01:00:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Wagner, Dr. Kendall M.D.	In Person
01:03:57	Break
01:20:58	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Shah, Dr. Mohsin M.D.	In Person
01:53:53	Witness Cross Examination		Shah, Dr. Mohsin M.D.	In Person
02:12:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Shah, Dr. Mohsin M.D.	In Person
02:15:21	End of Session

SEP

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination		Cano, Dr. Luz M.D.	In Person
00:22:47	Witness Cross Examination		Cano, Dr. Luz M.D.	In Person
01:01:20	General Case Activities		Cano, Dr. Luz M.D.	In Person
01:02:05	Witness Cross Examination		Cano, Dr. Luz M.D.	In Person
01:02:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Cano, Dr. Luz M.D.	In Person
01:03:05	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Panutich, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:14:35	Break
01:34:00	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Panutich, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:41:19	Witness Cross Examination		Panutich, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:50:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Panutich, Dr. Michael M.D.	In Person
01:53:00	General Case Activities	Long, H. Gavin
01:58:55	Witness Direct Examination		Jiang, Tao	Video Recording
02:16:40	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Lewis, Paul Jr.	Video Conference
00:42:17	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Lewis, Paul Jr.	Video Conference
01:24:43	Break
01:45:38	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Lechuga, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:13:26	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Lechuga, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:26:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Lechuga, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:27:57	General Case Activities
02:30:25	Witness Direct Examination		Jiang, Yale	Video Recording
02:46:26	General Case Activities
02:47:15	Witness Direct Examination		Jiang, Yale	Video Recording
03:00:41	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination		Jiang, Tao	Video Recording
00:05:10	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Meyer, Steven	In Person
01:00:55	Break
01:15:44	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Meyer, Steven	In Person
02:00:12	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Meyer, Steven	In Person
01:11:17	Break
01:34:01	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Meyer, Steven	In Person
02:12:19	Witness Cross Examination		Meyer, Steven	In Person
02:28:19	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Meyer, Steven	In Person
00:45:04	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Durrani, Timur	In Person
01:28:29	Break
01:45:03	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Durrani, Timur	In Person
02:02:04	Witness Cross Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Durrani, Timur	In Person
02:56:08	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Durrani, Timur	In Person
00:21:58	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Hixson, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
00:56:05	Witness Cross Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Hixson, Dr. John M.D.	In Person
01:13:52	Break
01:34:03	Witness Direct Examination		Setti, Lokesh	Video Recording
02:28:13	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Psaros, Gregory	In Person
00:34:33	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Psaros, Gregory	In Person
01:06:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Psaros, Gregory	In Person
01:11:19	Break
01:32:47	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	LaHood, Zachary	In Person
01:48:55	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	LaHood, Zachary	In Person
02:04:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	LaHood, Zachary	In Person
02:07:57	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	LaHood, Zachary	In Person
02:10:32	General Case Activities
02:11:54	Witness Direct Examination		Meyer, Steven	Transcript Reading
02:14:22	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	McDowell, Jennifer	In Person
02:58:18	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	McDowell, Jennifer	In Person
00:03:33	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	McDowell, Jennifer	In Person
00:06:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	McDowell, Brian	In Person
01:15:35	Break
01:33:02	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	McDowell, Brian	In Person
02:11:30	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	McDowell, Brian	In Person
02:34:56	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

16 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	McDowell, Brian	In Person
00:42:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	McDowell, Brian	In Person
00:51:08	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	McDowell, Brian	In Person
00:51:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	McDowell, Brian	In Person
00:52:30	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Sarkisian, Dr. Ricky "Ray" Ph.D.	In Person
01:10:55	Witness Cross Examination	Hansen, David	Sarkisian, Dr. Ricky "Ray" Ph.D.	In Person
01:25:40	Break
01:43:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Sarkisian, Dr. Ricky "Ray" Ph.D.	In Person
01:48:39	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Hansen, David	Sarkisian, Dr. Ricky "Ray" Ph.D.	In Person
01:50:10	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Formuzis, Dr. Peter , Ph.D.	In Person
02:15:05	Witness Cross Examination	Hansen, David	Formuzis, Dr. Peter , Ph.D.	In Person
02:34:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Formuzis, Dr. Peter , Ph.D.	In Person
02:38:50	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Hansen, David	Formuzis, Dr. Peter , Ph.D.	In Person
02:42:25	General Case Activities
02:43:15	Witness Direct Examination		Setti, Lokesh	Video Recording
02:54:50	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Callinan, Ryan	In Person
00:37:55	Witness Cross Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Callinan, Ryan	In Person
00:50:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Callinan, Ryan	In Person
00:51:24	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Fedoruk, Marion	In Person
01:26:07	Break
01:42:37	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Fedoruk, Marion	In Person
02:52:26	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Fedoruk, Marion	In Person
00:33:35	Witness Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Fedoruk, Marion	In Person
01:15:05	Break
01:31:43	Witness Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Fedoruk, Marion	In Person
01:58:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Fedoruk, Marion	In Person
02:06:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Fedoruk, Marion	In Person
02:08:58	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
02:30:52	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
00:13:57	Witness Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
00:28:30	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Cundy, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:28:03	Break
01:46:20	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Cundy, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:55:58	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Cundy, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:12:05	Break
01:30:45	Witness Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Cundy, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:40:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Cundy, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:52:51	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Cundy, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:59:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Cundy, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:02:13	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Eikey, Chris	In Person
01:21:40	Break
01:45:45	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Eikey, Chris	In Person
02:53:30	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Eikey, Chris	In Person
00:31:00	Witness Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Eikey, Chris	In Person
01:12:27	Break
02:14:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Eikey, Chris	In Person
02:31:24	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Woo, Dr. Andrew M.D.	In Person
01:06:00	Break
01:19:10	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Woo, Dr. Andrew M.D.	In Person
01:39:49	Witness Cross Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Woo, Dr. Andrew M.D.	In Person
02:04:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	Woo, Dr. Andrew M.D.	In Person
02:08:55	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Woo, Dr. Andrew M.D.	In Person
02:10:45	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
02:24:57	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
01:14:20	Break
01:31:08	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
01:36:58	Witness Cross Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
02:26:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
02:28:58	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Closings

2 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

OCT

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Brian Lang McDowell v. Ford Motor Company

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:38	Opening Statement	Long, H. Gavin
00:55:01	Break
01:09:58	Opening Statement	Rodman, Daniel
02:14:30	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Kar, Dr. Naresh Ph.D., P.E.	In Person
02:32:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:52	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Brambila, Rigoberto	In Person
00:17:12	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Brambila, Rigoberto	In Person
00:28:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Brambila, Rigoberto	In Person
00:30:03	Witness Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Solis, Jose	In Person
00:45:18	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Solis, Jose	In Person
00:57:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Long, H. Gavin	Solis, Jose	In Person
01:00:03	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Solis, Jose	In Person
01:00:53	Witness Direct Examination	Antunovich, Tom	Enrikhas, Sargon	In Person
01:14:20	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Enrikhas, Sargon	In Person
01:15:55	Break
01:32:23	Witness Direct Examination		Hovis, Anthony	Video Recording
01:51:22	Witness Direct Examination		Zamiski, Gerald	Video Recording
02:03:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
-1:44:54
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hansen, David	Moss, Ryan	Transcript Reading
00:43:19	Witness Direct Examination	Fowler, Patrick	De Arcos, Anthony	Video Recording
01:24:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Rodman, Daniel
01:17:45	Break
01:30:58	Closing Statement	Long, H. Gavin
01:58:36	General Case Activities
02:11:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:27	Closing Statement	Long, H. Gavin
00:51:35	Break
01:08:30	Closing Statement	Long, H. Gavin
01:51:53	Closing Statement	Rodman, Daniel
02:20:15	End of Session