Duignan v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Martha Duignan claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, while fueling the nicotine addiction of Douglas Duignan, ultimately leading to Douglas Duignan's smoking-related disease.

Outcome

Phase 1 - Verdict for Plaintiff:

Fault assigned:
Plaintiff - 33%
Phillip Morris -37%
RJ Reynolds - 30%

Amounts awarded:
Wife - $4,000,000.00
Son - $1,000,000.00
Daughter - $1,000,000.00

Phase 2:
Phillip Morris - $3,500,000.00
RJ Reynolds - $2,500,000.00

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Duignan, Martha
Defense: Philip Morris USA, Inc.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $12,000,000

Judge: Jack Day
Jurisdiction: 6th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: St. Petersburg Judicial Building

Case Number: 13-010978-CI
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Negligence, Tobacco, Products Liability

Plaintiff

Duignan, Martha

Defense

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Represented By:
Weir, Paul (Kopelowitz Ostrow)
Molony, Daniel (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (Tampa))

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Williams, Jack (Jones Day (Atlanta))

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:43:38	Break
01:06:55	General Case Activities
01:37:23	Opening Statement	Paige, Gary
03:01:57	Break
03:16:21	Opening Statement	Paige, Gary
04:03:30	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Openings - Damages

10 Chapters

PM Session

Closings - Damages

13 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict - Damages

4 Chapters

SEP

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:53	Witness Direct Examination	Gordon, Bob	Ruckdeschel, Dr. John	In Person
01:30:14	Break
01:43:33	Witness Direct Examination	Gordon, Bob	Ruckdeschel, Dr. John	In Person
02:57:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:13	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Ruckdeschel, Dr. John	In Person
00:32:53	Break
00:43:48	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Ruckdeschel, Dr. John	In Person
01:12:17	Break
01:25:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gordon, Bob	Ruckdeschel, Dr. John	In Person
01:51:13	Break
02:01:07	Witness Direct Examination		Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:34:29	General Case Activities
03:46:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:16	Witness Direct Examination		Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:00:10	Break
01:26:31	Witness Direct Examination		Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:02:07	Break
02:17:48	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:16:32	General Case Activities
03:21:06	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:19	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:10:23	Break
00:21:24	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:33:18	Break
00:47:20	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:38:01	Break
01:52:55	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:45:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:13	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:16:35	General Case Activities
01:18:59	Break
01:31:48	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:31:17	Break
02:44:28	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:53:18	End of Session

Duignan v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:14	Opening Statement	Weir, Paul
01:07:05	Break
01:23:53	Opening Statement	Williams, Jack
02:05:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:56	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:09:25	Break
01:25:20	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:53:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:24	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:37:00	Break
00:47:02	Witness Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:08:57	Break
01:34:57	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:05:45	General Case Activities
03:13:12	Break
03:21:21	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:45:35	General Case Activities
03:46:39	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:22	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:12:44	Break
01:25:21	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:12:22	Break
02:21:25	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:39:54	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:38	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:22:15	Break
01:39:07	General Case Activities
02:16:33	Break
02:21:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:29:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:11:56	General Case Activities
00:23:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Paige, Gary	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:03:39	Break
01:18:17	General Case Activities
01:19:47	Witness Direct Examination		Brandt, Dr. Timothy	Transcript Reading
02:53:33	General Case Activities
03:01:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:42	Witness Direct Examination	Gustafson, James	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:22:55	Break
01:49:35	Witness Direct Examination	Gustafson, James	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:24:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:05	Witness Direct Examination	Gustafson, James	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
00:25:32	Break
00:43:44	General Case Activities
01:01:27	Break
01:10:11	Witness Direct Examination	Gustafson, James	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:16:45	General Case Activities
02:18:06	Break
02:26:46	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:15:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:55	Witness Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
00:54:48	Break
01:08:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gustafson, James	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:57:06	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Weir, Paul	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:59:25	Witness Direct Examination		Duignan, Dennis	Transcript Reading
02:40:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:06	Witness Direct Examination		Duignan, Dennis	Transcript Reading
00:22:38	Witness Direct Examination	Gordon, Bob	Duignan, Christina	In Person
00:57:44	Break
01:06:59	Witness Cross Examination	Molony, Daniel	Duignan, Christina	In Person
01:43:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gordon, Bob	Duignan, Christina	In Person
01:56:44	General Case Activities
02:08:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:25	Witness Direct Examination	Gordon, Bob	Duignan, Martha	In Person
01:13:23	Break
01:23:59	Witness Direct Examination	Gordon, Bob	Duignan, Martha	In Person
01:44:58	Witness Cross Examination	Molony, Daniel	Duignan, Martha	In Person
02:49:54	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:08	Witness Cross Examination	Molony, Daniel	Duignan, Martha	In Person
00:07:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gordon, Bob	Duignan, Dennis	In Person
00:12:43	Witness Direct Examination	Gustafson, James	Duignan, Kevin	In Person
00:38:12	Witness Cross Examination	Molony, Daniel	Duignan, Kevin	In Person
01:16:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gustafson, James	Duignan, Kevin	In Person
01:26:07	Break
01:32:07	General Case Activities
01:58:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:57	Witness Direct Examination	Weir, Paul	Chirieac, Dr. Lucian	In Person
01:06:05	Break
01:19:29	Witness Direct Examination	Weir, Paul	Chirieac, Dr. Lucian	In Person
02:15:28	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Chirieac, Dr. Lucian	In Person
02:53:04	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:08	Witness Direct Examination	Molony, Daniel	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
01:26:46	Break
01:44:04	Witness Direct Examination	Molony, Daniel	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
01:46:47	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
03:19:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:17	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
00:48:58	General Case Activities
01:18:21	Break
01:22:50	General Case Activities
01:28:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:33:32	Break
00:41:31	Closing Statement	Gustafson, James
01:30:04	Break
01:37:01	Closing Statement	Paige, Gary
02:58:37	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:23	Closing Statement	Weir, Paul
01:40:58	Break
02:03:42	Closing Statement	Weir, Paul
02:21:52	Break
02:29:27	Closing Statement	Williams, Jack
03:22:48	Closing Statement	Paige, Gary
03:54:07	General Case Activities
04:07:09	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:15	Reading of the Verdict
		00:05:01	General Case Activities
		00:11:14	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:09	Opening Statement	Paige, Gary
00:19:16	Opening Statement	Weir, Paul
00:35:45	Opening Statement	Williams, Jack
00:39:57	Witness Direct Examination	Weir, Paul	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
01:09:13	General Case Activities
01:13:40	Break
01:29:00	Witness Direct Examination	Weir, Paul	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
01:53:53	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
02:53:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:32	Witness Direct Examination	Williams, Jack	Garner, Charles	In Person
00:49:25	Witness Cross Examination	Paige, Gary	Garner, Charles	In Person
01:21:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Williams, Jack	Garner, Charles	In Person
01:29:21	General Case Activities
01:30:33	Break
01:39:06	General Case Activities
01:55:02	Closing Statement	Gustafson, James
02:08:48	Closing Statement	Weir, Paul
02:45:26	Closing Statement	Williams, Jack
02:53:06	Closing Statement	Paige, Gary
02:58:13	General Case Activities
03:03:42	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:28	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:12	General Case Activities
		00:04:01	End of Session