Emibrly Anderson v. Macy's Florida Stores LLC., et al.

Summary

In this security negligence proceeding, Plaintiff Emibrly Anderson (personal representative of the estate of Emily Anderson) alleged Macys Florida Stores LLC and others of negligence which resulted in wrongful death of her mother Emily Anderson, when shoplifting suspects, who were being pursued by Macys loss prevention staff ran a stop sign and crashed their car into the security vehicle of Emily Anderson, who was a mall security officer. The counsels of the plaintiff had claimed that the shoplifters were known criminals and Macys allowed them in stores even though the company had information regarding their previous crimes.
The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Philip Gerson, Nicholas Gerson and Jon Zepnick. The defendant in this case, Macys Florida Stores LLC was represented by attorneys Steven Adamsky and Eric Sage.

Outcome

Verdict for defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Anderson, Emibrly
Defense: Macy's Florida Stores LLC

Judge: Sarah Zabel
Jurisdiction: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Dade County Courthouse

Case Number: 11-06334 CA 24
Industry: Security
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

Anderson, Emibrly

Represented By:
Gerson, Philip (Gerson & Schwartz PA)
Gerson, Nicholas (Gerson & Schwartz PA)
Zepnick, Jon (Zepnick, Jon A, Law Offices of)

Defense

Macy's Florida Stores LLC

Represented By:
Adamsky, Steven (Mitrani, Rynor, Adamsky & Toland, P.A..)
Sage, Eric (Mitrani, Rynor, Adamsky & Toland, P.A..)

Expert Witnesses

McGoey, Chris

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

16 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:01	Opening Statement	Gerson, Philip
00:36:24	Opening Statement	Adamsky, Steven
01:24:25	Break
01:33:20	General Case Activities
01:34:41	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Lemmon, Kewan	Video Recording
02:20:33	Witness Direct Examination	Zepnick, Jon	Williams, Anna	Transcript Reading
02:50:25	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Nicholas	Collins, Tracy	In Person
03:38:41	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Collins, Tracy	In Person
04:15:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gerson, Nicholas	Collins, Tracy	In Person
04:25:29	General Case Activities
04:27:22	Break
04:35:30	Witness Direct Examination	Zepnick, Jon	Joseph, Ricky	In Person
04:46:47	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Joseph, Ricky	In Person
04:49:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zepnick, Jon	Joseph, Ricky	In Person
04:50:57	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Anderson, Emibrly Monique	In Person
00:38:21	Break
00:50:22	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Anderson, Emibrly Monique	In Person
01:36:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Anderson, Emibrly Monique	In Person
01:52:11	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Fordham Harris, Officer Schonton	In Person
02:06:15	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Fordham Harris, Officer Schonton	In Person
02:07:44	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Cutherell, William David	In Person
03:20:20	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Cutherell, William David	In Person
00:13:09	Witness Cross Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Cutherell, William David	In Person
00:26:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Cutherell, William David	In Person
00:47:37	General Case Activities
00:49:44	Break
01:13:29	Witness Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Lemmon, Kewan	Video Recording
01:16:29	Witness Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Cutherell, William David	In Person
01:58:04	Witness Cross Examination	Gerson, Philip	Cutherell, William David	In Person
02:36:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Adamsky, Steven	Cutherell, William David	In Person
02:48:09	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

NOV

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Emibrly Anderson v. Macy's Florida Stores LLC., et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:45	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Peralta, Officer Christian	In Person
00:49:51	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Peralta, Officer Christian	In Person
01:38:52	Break
01:53:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Peralta, Officer Christian	In Person
02:04:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:06	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Williams, Officer Jason	In Person
00:11:01	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Williams, Officer Jason	In Person
00:17:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Williams, Officer Jason	In Person
00:19:40	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	McGoey, Chris	In Person
01:00:53	Break
01:04:08	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	McGoey, Chris	In Person
02:11:23	Break
02:27:25	General Case Activities
02:29:13	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:59	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	McGoey, Chris	In Person
01:04:31	Break
01:45:35	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	McGoey, Chris	In Person
01:52:32	Witness Cross Examination	Adamsky, Steven	McGoey, Chris	In Person
03:53:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	McGoey, Chris	In Person
04:26:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:13	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Gomez, Heverth	In Person
00:09:56	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Gomez, Heverth	In Person
00:18:18	Witness Direct Examination	Gerson, Philip	Martin, Jimmy Lee Jr.	In Person
00:49:35	Witness Cross Examination	Sage, Eric	Martin, Jimmy Lee Jr.	In Person
00:57:48	General Case Activities
00:58:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:23	Closing Statement	Gerson, Philip
01:00:03	Closing Statement	Adamsky, Steven
01:57:33	Closing Statement	Gerson, Philip
02:16:11	General Case Activities
02:36:40	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:44	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:46	General Case Activities
		00:03:38	End of Session