Garcia v. Philip Morris, et al.

Summary

In this tobacco case, plaintiff seeks to recover damages over claims of smoking-related disease.

Outcome

Verdict for plaintiff.

Total damages: $16 million
Including $6 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.

Apportionment of fault:
Manuel Garcia: 75%
Philip Morris Tobacco Co.: 25%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Garcia, Gloria
Defense: Philip Morris Tobacco Co
Verdict: $16,000,000

Judge: Charles Johnson
Jurisdiction: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Dade County Courthouse

Case Number: 2017-CA-005523
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Garcia, Gloria

Defense

Philip Morris Tobacco Co

Represented By:
Simpson, Robert (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
Heinz, Lindsey (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

SESSIONS WITH Manuel Garcia

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:26:57	General Case Activities
00:41:38	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Garcia, Gloria	In Person
01:16:40	Break
01:28:28	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Garcia, Gloria	In Person
01:38:50	Witness Cross Examination	Simpson, Robert	Garcia, Gloria	In Person
02:28:43	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:18:56	Witness Cross Examination	Simpson, Robert	Garcia, Gloria	In Person
01:21:04	Break
01:32:07	Witness Cross Examination	Simpson, Robert	Garcia, Gloria	In Person
01:48:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Garcia, Gloria	In Person
01:54:05	Break
01:56:35	General Case Activities
02:02:00	General Case Activities
02:03:12	Break
02:12:26	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Garcia, Manuel	In Person
02:26:44	Witness Cross Examination	Simpson, Robert	Garcia, Manuel	In Person
02:37:05	Break
02:38:42	General Case Activities
02:39:34	End of Session

JUN

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:24:29	Witness Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	Sherwood, Tim	In Person
		01:49:25	End of Session

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Garcia v. Philip Morris, et al.

Summary

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SESSIONS WITH Manuel Garcia

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	Description	Attorney
00:42:13	General Case Activities
01:00:35	Break
01:05:23	General Case Activities
01:17:30	Opening Statement	Freidin, Philip
03:12:25	Break
03:32:55	Opening Statement	Freidin, Philip
03:50:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:18:08	Opening Statement	Simpson, Robert
01:36:45	Opening Statement	Heinz, Lindsey
01:58:33	Break
02:06:36	General Case Activities
02:38:38	Break
02:39:08	General Case Activities
02:40:25	Break
02:41:42	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Jonathan	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
03:37:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:32:50	General Case Activities
01:34:50	Break
01:35:47	General Case Activities
01:42:52	Break
01:44:32	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Jonathan	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:35:54	Break
02:36:23	General Case Activities
02:41:13	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:07:30	General Case Activities
00:09:45	Break
00:11:00	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Jonathan	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
01:23:50	Break
01:37:22	General Case Activities
01:48:04	Witness Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:30:35	General Case Activities
02:35:46	Break
02:44:15	Witness Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
03:49:33	General Case Activities
03:53:30	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
01:13:38	Witness Cross Examination	Simpson, Robert	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:03:35	Break
02:13:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Freidin, Jonathan	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:40:15	General Case Activities
02:53:49	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:06:15	General Case Activities
00:15:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Freidin, Jonathan	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
00:30:58	General Case Activities
00:39:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Freidin, Jonathan	DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
00:43:50	General Case Activities
00:53:15	General Case Activities		DiFranza, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
00:55:13	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:59:25	General Case Activities
02:14:44	Break
02:26:42	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:45:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:25:58	General Case Activities
00:32:25	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:16:30	General Case Activities
02:20:39	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:18:53	General Case Activities
00:27:10	General Case Activities
00:30:30	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:43:20	Break
01:56:40	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:07:44	Break
03:24:10	General Case Activities
03:28:18	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:48:04	Break
03:52:00	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
04:20:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:22:21	General Case Activities
00:37:33	Break
00:39:25	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:00:05	Break
02:18:17	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:19:27	General Case Activities
03:22:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:11:33	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:39:17	Break
01:56:38	General Case Activities
01:57:25	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:34:55	General Case Activities
01:09:30	Break
01:15:35	General Case Activities
01:21:49	Break
01:29:23	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:31:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:18:42	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
00:54:53	Break
01:11:36	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
02:19:22	Break
02:31:42	General Case Activities
02:33:40	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
03:23:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Systrom , Dr. David M.D.	In Person
03:45:00	General Case Activities
03:55:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:29:12	General Case Activities
01:00:30	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
02:22:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:34:50	General Case Activities
00:36:10	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
00:42:55	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
01:40:14	Break
01:54:42	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
02:21:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
02:49:55	Break
02:51:38	General Case Activities
02:52:46	Break
02:56:56	General Case Activities
03:40:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:37:28	General Case Activities
00:45:59	Break
00:48:16	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:11:43	General Case Activities
01:15:04	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:31:54	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:33:30	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:52:52	Break
02:05:38	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:24:53	Break
03:31:27	General Case Activities
03:35:19	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
04:16:51	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:35:23	General Case Activities
01:08:23	Break
01:09:30	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:55:13	Break
02:06:33	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:56:20	Break
02:57:16	General Case Activities
02:59:30	Break
03:05:59	Witness Cross Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:16:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:30:42	General Case Activities
00:41:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:35:52	General Case Activities
01:43:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:56:42	General Case Activities
01:57:45	Break
02:08:34	General Case Activities
02:12:50	Break
02:13:29	General Case Activities
02:28:27	General Case Activities		Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:34:10	Break
02:40:14	General Case Activities
02:51:20	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Garcia, Gloria	In Person
03:27:32	General Case Activities
03:51:35	Witness Direct Examination	Freidin, Philip	Garcia, Gloria	In Person
04:15:38	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:14:45	General Case Activities
00:16:00	Break
00:25:04	General Case Activities
00:30:35	General Case Activities
00:31:32	Witness Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
01:40:50	Break
01:48:29	Witness Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
02:38:35	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:25:40	Witness Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
00:46:25	Break
00:55:53	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
01:58:35	Break
01:59:30	General Case Activities
02:01:56	Break
02:10:42	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
03:24:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:47:06	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
01:49:45	Break
01:50:16	General Case Activities
02:02:00	Break
02:06:45	General Case Activities
02:08:20	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
02:23:40	Break
02:29:50	General Case Activities		Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
02:39:07	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
03:13:20	General Case Activities
03:14:11	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:24:56	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
00:44:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
00:52:20	Break
00:56:12	General Case Activities
01:02:05	General Case Activities		Ticknor, Dr. Christopher	In Person
01:08:15	Witness Direct Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Fraser, Dr. William	In Person
02:06:50	Break
02:20:22	Witness Direct Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Fraser, Dr. William	In Person
03:20:32	General Case Activities
03:24:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:37:08	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Fraser, Dr. William	In Person
01:42:56	Break
01:58:20	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Fraser, Dr. William	In Person
02:04:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Heinz, Lindsey	Fraser, Dr. William	In Person
02:24:34	Break
02:26:29	General Case Activities
02:29:12	General Case Activities
02:37:35	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:30:44	General Case Activities
		01:39:25	Break
		02:23:55	General Case Activities
		03:14:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:12:11	General Case Activities
00:26:45	Break
00:42:10	General Case Activities
01:08:45	Closing Statement	Freidin, Philip
02:03:20	Break
02:21:30	Closing Statement	Freidin, Philip
03:21:38	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:22:48	General Case Activities
00:42:00	Closing Statement	Simpson, Robert
01:14:40	Closing Statement	Heinz, Lindsey
02:04:48	Break
02:17:15	Closing Statement	Simpson, Robert
03:20:24	Break
03:31:08	Closing Statement	Freidin, Philip
04:14:15	General Case Activities
04:21:34	General Case Activities
04:22:22	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:03:10	Reading of the Verdict
		00:07:00	General Case Activities
		00:12:10	General Case Activities
		00:12:10	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:06:05	General Case Activities
		01:24:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:19:55	General Case Activities
00:24:40	Break
00:30:27	General Case Activities
01:04:05	Break
01:27:50	General Case Activities
01:32:25	General Case Activities
01:36:17	Opening Statement	Freidin, Philip
02:02:20	Opening Statement	Simpson, Robert
02:27:05	Break
02:33:02	General Case Activities
02:37:30	Break
02:37:52	General Case Activities
02:59:48	Break
03:00:03	General Case Activities
03:01:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:29	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Sherwood, Tim	In Person
00:41:40	Break
00:53:36	General Case Activities
00:54:05	Witness Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Sherwood, Tim	In Person
01:02:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	Sherwood, Tim	In Person
01:11:18	Break
01:13:15	General Case Activities
01:14:02	Break
01:15:22	General Case Activities
01:23:07	General Case Activities		Sherwood, Tim	In Person
01:32:32	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Freidin, Philip	Sherwood, Tim	In Person
01:46:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Simpson, Robert	Sherwood, Tim	In Person
01:54:16	Break
01:58:44	General Case Activities
02:00:10	Break
02:00:37	General Case Activities
02:29:50	Break
02:37:48	General Case Activities
02:38:40	General Case Activities
02:39:04	Closing Statement	Freidin, Philip
03:00:14	Break
03:07:33	Closing Statement	Heinz, Lindsey
03:56:08	Break
04:02:28	Closing Statement	Freidin, Philip
04:17:57	General Case Activities
04:20:05	End of Session