Hinton v. Costco

Summary

In this retail negligence litigation proceeding, plaintiffs Brandon Hinton and Rachelle Hinton alleged Costco Wholesale Corporation of being negligent in handing over specialized commercial machinery to an inexperienced employee which caused Brandon Hinton to suffer from a broken wrist, when an employee at the Costco retail outlet lost control of shopping carts. The plaintiffs claimed that the broken wrist broke up their marriage. The plaintiffs counsels argued that in order to save himself Brandon Hinton tried to block the shopping carts while being on the drivers seat of his car.

The plaintiff was represented by attorney James Crockett. The defendant in this case, Costco Wholesale International Inc. was represented by attorney Sharon Nelson.

Outcome

Fault: Plaintiff- 40%, Costco-60%
Past Medical: 100,000
Past Non-Economic: 50,000
Future Non-Economic: 250,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Hinton, Brandon
Defense: Costco Wholesale Corporation
Verdict: $400,000

Judge: Valerie Adair
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Regional Justice Center

Case Number: 07A539823
Industry: Retail
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

Hinton, Brandon

Represented By:
Crockett, James (Crockett & Myers)

Defense

Costco Wholesale Corporation

Represented By:
Nelson, Sharon (Nelson Law Firm)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:01:49	General Case Activities
00:03:18	Opening Statement	Crockett, James
01:12:38	General Case Activities
01:13:50	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:25	Opening Statement	Nelson, Sharon
01:13:35	Break
01:36:02	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Velez, David	Video Recording
02:28:56	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Dutro, Allison	In Person
02:46:07	Witness Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Dutro, Allison	In Person
02:48:15	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Ordesch, Jackie	In Person
03:11:29	Witness Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Ordesch, Jackie	In Person
03:13:35	End of Session

JUN

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Thomason, Christopher	In Person
00:35:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Thomason, Christopher	In Person
01:03:11	General Case Activities		Thomason, Christopher	In Person
01:05:02	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Thomason, Christopher	In Person
01:15:57	Break
01:53:58	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Wilie, John Jr.	In Person
02:36:41	Witness Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Wilie, John Jr.	In Person
03:02:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Wilie, John Jr.	In Person
03:21:00	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:07	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Thomason, Christopher	In Person
01:15:51	Witness Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Thomason, Christopher	In Person
01:32:20	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:47	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Gill, Richard	In Person
01:23:31	Witness Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Gill, Richard	In Person
01:24:57	Break
01:50:21	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Hinton, Brandon	In Person
02:22:35	Witness Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Hinton, Brandon	In Person
03:27:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Hinton, Brandon	In Person
03:33:46	Break
03:41:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Hinton, Brandon	In Person
03:53:07	General Case Activities		Hinton, Brandon	In Person
03:58:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Hinton, Brandon	In Person
04:00:53	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Hinton, Rachelle	In Person
04:36:00	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:31	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Hinton, Rachelle	In Person
00:06:32	Witness Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Hinton, Rachelle	In Person
00:16:45	General Case Activities		Hinton, Rachelle	In Person
00:20:16	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Hinton, Rachelle	In Person
00:20:49	General Case Activities
00:23:50	Witness Direct Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Taylor, Dr. Artur	In Person
01:18:33	Break
01:36:17	Witness Direct Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Taylor, Dr. Artur	In Person
01:44:36	Witness Cross Examination	Crockett, James	Taylor, Dr. Artur	In Person
03:16:29	Break
03:25:44	Witness Cross Examination	Crockett, James	Taylor, Dr. Artur	In Person
03:29:42	General Case Activities		Taylor, Dr. Artur	In Person
03:37:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Nelson, Sharon	Taylor, Dr. Artur	In Person
03:51:41	General Case Activities		Taylor, Dr. Artur	In Person
03:53:10	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Crockett, James	Taylor, Dr. Artur	In Person
04:00:03	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Closings

2 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

JUL

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Hinton v. Costco

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Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:33	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Hinton, Brandon	In Person
01:37:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:00	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Galli, Dr. Randi	Video Recording
01:11:20	Break
01:25:08	Witness Direct Examination	Crockett, James	Galli, Dr. Randi	Video Recording
02:18:30	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:41	Closing Statement	Crockett, James
01:11:53	Break
01:23:30	Closing Statement	Nelson, Sharon
02:04:06	Closing Statement	Crockett, James
02:37:06	General Case Activities
02:39:25	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:45	Reading of the Verdict
		00:02:42	General Case Activities
		00:04:47	End of Session