Graffeo v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendants' concealment of smoking's dangers led to nicotine addiction and disease.

Outcome

COMPENSATORY DAMAGES: $4,500,000.00

Fault:
Graffeo: 30%
RJR: 70%

Damages for Rosmarie Graffeo: $3,000,000.00
Damages for Lisa: $1,500,000.00

PUNITIVE DAMAGES: $15,000,000.00

$19.5M Verdict Knocks R.J. Reynolds at Trial Over Its Part in Florida Pawn Broker's Lung Cancer Death
Feb 23, 2018

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Graffeo, Rosemarie
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $19,500,000

Judge: Declan Mansfield
Jurisdiction: 6th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Pasco County Circuit Court

Case Number: 2016CA000233
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Graffeo, Rosemarie

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:25	Opening Statement	Bigger, Brent
01:31:44	Break
01:57:01	Opening Statement	Belasic, Mark
03:08:00	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
00:56:25	Break
01:12:53	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
02:24:31	Break
02:42:53	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
03:17:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
03:32:01	General Case Activities		Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
03:33:49	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
01:29:13	Break
01:47:57	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
02:33:00	Break
02:38:36	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
03:07:57	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Isasi, Jose	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
00:40:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
00:53:11	General Case Activities		Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
01:01:36	Break
01:20:20	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Graffeo, Rosemarie	In Person
02:31:39	Break
02:52:42	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Graffeo, Rosemarie	In Person
03:39:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Graffeo, Rosemarie	In Person
03:40:38	General Case Activities		Graffeo, Rosemarie	In Person
03:43:09	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:30:07	Break
01:51:03	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:58:49	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:03:59	Break
01:19:11	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:32:17	Break
02:52:29	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:15:49	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:11:34	End of Session
01:28:42	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:27:32	Break
02:45:36	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:02:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:20:23	General Case Activities
03:22:31	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Isasi, Jose	Raab, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
00:28:32	Break
00:46:22	Witness Direct Examination	Isasi, Jose	Raab, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
01:29:33	Break
01:48:55	Witness Direct Examination	Isasi, Jose	Raab, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
02:20:44	Witness Cross Examination	Bigger, Brent	Raab, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
02:54:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Isasi, Jose	Raab, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
03:02:36	General Case Activities		Raab, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
03:08:40	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Closings

11 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Openings - Damages

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es) - Damages

8 Chapters

FEB

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Graffeo v. R.J. Reynolds

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:44	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
01:26:23	Break
01:52:01	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
03:18:38	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:17	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
01:26:15	Break
01:49:27	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Hurt, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
02:31:49	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
-1:38:40	General Case Activities
00:17:26	Break
00:25:38	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:31:30	Break
01:52:48	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:07:29	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:06:56	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:22	Break
00:16:12	Witness Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Brown, Lisa	In Person
00:40:12	Witness Cross Examination	French, Jesika		In Person
00:59:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Roslansky, Eric	Brown, Lisa	In Person
01:00:16	Break
01:19:56	General Case Activities
01:21:29	Witness Direct Examination		Eibert, Dr. Rocky M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:54:17	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:22	Witness Direct Examination	Leung, Kristy	Video Recording
01:11:04	Break
01:30:57	Witness Direct Examination	Leung, Kristy	Video Recording
02:16:59	Break
02:28:36	Witness Direct Examination	Leung, Kristy	Video Recording
03:02:06	General Case Activities
03:04:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:37	Break
00:07:54	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Bigger, Brent	Raab, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
00:09:06	General Case Activities
00:16:13	Witness Direct Examination		Graffeo, Rosemarie	Video Recording
00:25:29	General Case Activities
00:32:44	General Case Activities
02:01:02	Break
02:12:33	General Case Activities
04:28:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:16:40	Break
00:21:26	General Case Activities
00:43:01	Closing Statement	Roslansky, Eric
01:16:22	Closing Statement	Bigger, Brent
01:59:35	Break
02:18:13	Closing Statement	Belasic, Mark
03:43:19	Break
03:50:21	Closing Statement	Roslansky, Eric
03:59:56	General Case Activities
04:08:57	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:45	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:31	General Case Activities
		00:04:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:51:03	Break
01:06:18	General Case Activities
01:43:50	Opening Statement	Roslansky, Eric
01:52:52	Opening Statement	Belasic, Mark
02:01:49	Witness Direct Examination	Belasic, Mark	Potts, Dr. Ryan Ph.D.	In Person
03:04:40	Break
03:15:17	Witness Direct Examination	Belasic, Mark	Potts, Dr. Ryan Ph.D.	In Person
03:39:47	End of Session