George Decou v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

Summary

A Nevada state court judge overseeing a potentially $2 billion jury trial over the alleged bladder cancer risks of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd.s blockbuster diabetes drug Actos announced Wednesday that the pharmaceutical company and two plaintiffs had tentatively resolved their claims, likely ending a trial that began in August and was expected to continue for weeks.

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Outcome

Settled

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Decou, George
Iorio, Mary
Defense: Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc.

Judge: Jerry Wiese
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Regional Justice Center

Case Number: A-13-683446-C
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Practice Area: Products Liability

Plaintiff

Decou, George

Plaintiff

Iorio, Mary

Represented By:
Parker, Theodore (Parker Nelson )

Defense

Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:22:45	Opening Statement	Eglet, Robert
02:58:09	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

2 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

PM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Iorio, Mary	In Person
01:08:40	Break
01:24:40	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Iorio, Mary	In Person
01:40:30	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Iorio, Mary	In Person
02:33:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Iorio, Mary	In Person
02:37:46	End of Session

AUG

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Spanheimer, Dr. Robert M.D.	Video Recording
01:30:48	Break
01:47:52	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Spanheimer, Dr. Robert M.D.	Video Recording
02:14:40	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
00:23:53	Break
00:32:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
02:04:20	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
00:25:00	Break
00:37:05	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:47:50	Break
02:03:05	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
02:55:13	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
		00:56:33	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:14:47	Break
01:34:39	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
02:40:44	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:40:50	Break
02:29:18	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
03:16:16	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Gail	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:49:06	Break
02:02:57	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
02:36:22	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
		01:01:30	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
01:22:30	Break
01:37:57	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
02:09:20	Break
02:19:50	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
02:57:08	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
00:45:57	Break
01:28:45	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
02:25:50	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
00:17:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
01:08:35	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
01:28:45	Break
02:07:05	General Case Activities
02:16:07	General Case Activities		Panigrahy, Dr. Dipak M.D.	In Person
02:21:38	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Calahan, Stacey	Transcript Reading
03:27:05	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Calahan, Stacey	Transcript Reading
		00:18:23	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Calahan, Stacey	Transcript Reading
00:11:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Calahan, Stacey	Transcript Reading
00:19:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Cunitz, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:32:55	Break
01:53:29	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Cunitz, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:36:37	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Cunitz, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:10:24	Break
01:39:09	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Cunitz, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:05:37	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Cunitz, Dr. Robert	In Person
00:34:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Cunitz, Dr. Robert	In Person
00:53:45	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Cunitz, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:08:38	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Cunitz, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:34:40	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
		01:42:58	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
00:28:26	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
00:38:54	Witness Cross Examination	Evans, Kelly	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
01:23:16	Break
01:52:05	Witness Cross Examination	Evans, Kelly	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
03:01:08	Break
03:13:45	Witness Cross Examination	Evans, Kelly	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
03:35:58	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Evans, Kelly	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
		01:15:43	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Evans, Kelly	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
00:31:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
01:12:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
01:53:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Evans, Kelly	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
02:11:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
02:22:41	General Case Activities		Davies, Dr. Benjamin M.D.	In Person
02:26:23	Break
03:30:11	General Case Activities
03:31:23	End of Session

SEP

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Wikler, Dr. Abraham D.O.	In Person
01:13:04	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Wikler, Dr. Abraham D.O.	In Person
01:59:04	Break
02:21:49	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Wikler, Dr. Abraham D.O.	In Person
02:53:29	Break
02:56:21	Witness Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Parraguirre, Justice Ron	In Person
03:04:52	Witness Cross Examination	Evans, Kelly	Parraguirre, Justice Ron	In Person
03:08:10	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Wikler, Dr. Abraham D.O.	In Person
03:22:34	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Wikler, Dr. Abraham D.O.	In Person
03:26:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Parker, Theodore	Wikler, Dr. Abraham D.O.	In Person
03:51:01	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Wikler, Dr. Abraham D.O.	In Person
04:06:13	General Case Activities		Wikler, Dr. Abraham D.O.	In Person
04:12:22	End of Session

SEP

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:23:55	Break
01:44:55	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
02:30:40	Break
02:55:35	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
05:24:08	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:12:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:50:29	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:21:37	Break
01:57:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Eglet, Robert	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
02:08:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Cohen, Lori	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
03:21:50	General Case Activities		Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
03:30:42	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Decou, George	In Person
00:15:51	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Decou, George	In Person
00:51:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Decou, George	In Person
00:53:35	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Decou, George	In Person
00:56:56	General Case Activities		Decou, George	In Person
00:59:04	Break
01:17:14	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Thom, Dr. Claire PharmD	Video Recording
02:19:44	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Papageorge, Dr. Evangelia M.D.	In Person
00:29:21	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Papageorge, Dr. Evangelia M.D.	In Person
01:38:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Papageorge, Dr. Evangelia M.D.	In Person
01:48:08	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Papageorge, Dr. Evangelia M.D.	In Person
01:53:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Papageorge, Dr. Evangelia M.D.	In Person
01:54:33	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Crawford, Vaughn	Papageorge, Dr. Evangelia M.D.	In Person
01:56:39	Break
02:19:27	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Thom, Dr. Claire PharmD	Video Recording
02:35:21	End of Session

SEP

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Thom, Dr. Claire PharmD	Video Recording
00:39:14	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Tan, Dr. Meng	Video Recording
01:32:19	Break
01:52:04	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Oleksiewicz, Dr. Martin D.V.M., Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
02:11:02	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Oleksiewicz, Dr. Martin D.V.M., Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:27:26	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Ge, Dr. Helen M.D.	Video Recording
		01:45:18	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
01:09:25	Break
01:54:33	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
02:49:30	Break
03:06:55	Witness Cross Examination	Eglet, Robert	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
03:35:25	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Eglet, Robert	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
		01:42:00	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Eglet, Robert	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
01:35:24	Break
01:54:35	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
03:28:44	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
01:00:10	Break
01:15:03	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
02:05:19	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
01:25:21	Break
01:49:08	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
03:30:06	End of Session

SEP

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
00:17:00	Break
00:49:22	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
00:51:45	Witness Cross Examination	Kemp, William	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
01:23:10	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Kemp, William	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
01:39:38	Break
01:55:57	Witness Cross Examination	Kemp, William	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
03:10:49	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Eglet, Robert	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
00:30:24	Break
00:46:01	Witness Cross Examination	Eglet, Robert	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
01:17:44	Witness Cross Examination	Kemp, William	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
02:42:59	Break
02:53:08	Witness Cross Examination	Kemp, William	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
03:27:19	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Kemp, William	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
		01:04:30	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Kemp, William	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
01:24:55	Break
01:58:52	Witness Cross Examination	Eglet, Robert	Feigal, Dr. David Jr., M.D., M.P.H.	In Person
03:42:05	End of Session

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

George Decou v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:49	Opening Statement	Cohen, Lori
01:08:30	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:49	Witness Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Datnow, Dr. Brian M.D.	In Person
00:41:51	Witness Cross Examination	Evans, Kelly	Datnow, Dr. Brian M.D.	In Person
00:56:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kemp, William	Datnow, Dr. Brian M.D.	In Person
00:58:10	General Case Activities
01:01:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:05	Witness Direct Examination	Cohen, Lori	Schoenberg, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
01:02:15	End of Session