Hochreiter v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette company concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to nicotine addiction and disease.

Outcome

Mistrial

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Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Hochreiter, Stephanie
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Judge: Julie O'Kane
Jurisdiction: 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Orange County Courthouse

Case Number: 2015CA003926
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Hochreiter, Stephanie

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
00:17:04	Opening Statement	Mitnik, Keith
01:49:07	Break
02:01:06	Opening Statement	Belasic, Mark
03:23:23	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

OCT

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:35:35	Break
01:51:06	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:41:35	Break
03:47:31	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:02:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:35:23	General Case Activities		Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:37:15	General Case Activities
04:45:22	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Hayes, Dr. Jill	In Person
01:26:43	Break
01:41:25	Witness Direct Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Hayes, Dr. Jill	In Person
02:10:42	Witness Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Hayes, Dr. Jill	In Person
02:55:18	Break
03:04:12	Witness Cross Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Hayes, Dr. Jill	In Person
03:48:03	End of Session

OCT

AM Session

Other

6 Chapters

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:22:38	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Carrico, Christina	Transcript Reading
01:05:14	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Taylor, Nancy	Transcript Reading
01:23:53	General Case Activities
01:51:18	Break
01:55:28	General Case Activities
01:58:06	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Glenn, Luis	Transcript Reading
02:46:24	General Case Activities
02:47:53	Break
02:52:54	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Feldpausch, Jerry	Transcript Reading
04:24:17	Break
04:28:02	General Case Activities
05:08:02	End of Session

Hochreiter v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:12	General Case Activities
00:04:35	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:40:02	Break
02:00:22	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:54:25	General Case Activities
03:57:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:25:44	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:06:04	Break
02:19:16	General Case Activities
02:41:40	Break
02:54:30	General Case Activities
02:56:15	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:14:20	Break
04:22:54	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
05:07:15	General Case Activities
05:09:08	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:08	Break
00:18:40	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:41:43	Break
01:54:15	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:11:23	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:22:43	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:06	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:34:14	General Case Activities
01:34:47	Break
01:57:08	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:47:08	Break
02:52:38	General Case Activities
03:10:54	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:27	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
00:09:35	Witness Cross Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:38:04	Break
01:55:31	Witness Cross Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:13:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:30:40	General Case Activities
03:03:30	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:45	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Hochreiter, Stephanie	In Person
00:34:04	Break
00:38:32	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Hochreiter, Stephanie	In Person
00:42:56	Witness Cross Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Hochreiter, Stephanie	In Person
00:47:01	Witness Direct Examination	Mitnik, Keith	Carrico, Diana "Kay"	In Person
02:01:41	Break
02:12:03	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Carrico, Diana "Kay"	In Person
03:19:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:25:32	Witness Direct Examination	Luciano, Antonio	Hunt, Mary	Transcript Reading
01:03:50	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Heimann, Robert	Video Recording
01:16:53	Witness Direct Examination	Prysock, Gregory	Johnston, James "Jim"	Video Recording
01:20:50	General Case Activities	Prysock, Gregory
01:22:47	General Case Activities
01:58:45	Break
02:12:01	General Case Activities
02:12:59	Witness Direct Examination	Weizenecker , Jennifer	Hayes, Dr. Jill	In Person
02:57:04	End of Session