In Re: Accutane

Summary

In this pharmaceutical product liability proceeding, plaintiff Priya Tanna and other joining plaintiffs alleged Hoffman-La Roche Inc. of fraudulent concealment of risks of gastrointestinal disease associated with taking the acne medication Accutane and not adequately warning about it. The plaintiffs also alleged the company of manufacturing defective product which caused the plaintiffs ailments like inflammatory bowel disease.
The proceeding was concluded as mistrial

Plaintiff and other joining plaintiffs were represented by attorneys Michael Hook, Paul Smith, Bill Cash, Walter Campbell, Robert McKee and Peter Kaufman. The defendant in this case, Hoffman-La Roche Inc. and other defendants were represented by attorneys Michael Imbroscio, Marie Woodbury, Paul Schmidt and Russell Hewit.

Outcome

This trial resulted in a mistrial due to a hung jury.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Tanna, Priya
Defense: Hoffman LaRoche, Inc

Judge: Carol Higbee
Jurisdiction: New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County
Court: Atlantic County Civil Courthouse

Case Number: 271
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Practice Area: Products Liability

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities			In Person
00:07:21	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	McLane, Dr John MD	Video Recording
01:40:21	Break		McLane, Dr John MD	Video Recording
02:07:21	Witness Cross Examination	Imbroscio, Michael	McLane, Dr John MD	Video Recording
02:50:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	McLane, Dr John MD	Video Recording
03:02:04	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Bess, Dr. Alan MD	Video Recording
		01:49:46	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Huber, Dr. Martin MD	Video Recording
01:15:00	Break
02:15:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Huber, Dr. Martin MD	Video Recording
03:03:00	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Petchel, Kasia	Video Recording
00:56:45	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Reshef, Dr. Daniel MD	Video Recording
01:17:45	Break
01:39:15	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Reshef, Dr. Daniel MD	Video Recording
02:32:45	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Tanna, Ms. Priya	In Person
		00:56:15	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Tanna, Ms. Priya	In Person
00:26:10	Break		Tanna, Ms. Priya	In Person
00:34:25	Witness Cross Examination	Hewit, Russell	Tanna, Ms. Priya	In Person
02:24:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Tanna, Ms. Priya	In Person
02:35:25	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Hewit, Russell	Tanna, Ms. Priya	In Person
02:40:00	Break		Tanna, Ms. Priya	In Person
03:01:25	General Case Activities		Tanna, Ms. Priya	In Person
03:09:25	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Tanna, Mrs. Bella	In Person
00:44:00	Witness Cross Examination	Hewit, Russell	Tanna, Mrs. Bella	In Person
01:13:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Tanna, Mrs. Bella	In Person
01:17:40	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Hewit, Russell	Tanna, Mrs. Bella	In Person
01:25:00	Break			In Person
01:52:30	General Case Activities		Tanna, Mrs. Bella	In Person
01:54:30	Witness Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Chen, Dr. Gary	Video Recording
02:13:00	Witness Cross Examination	Keeley, Therese	Chen, Dr. Gary	Video Recording
02:45:00	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Prathipati, Dr. Lackshmi MD	Video Recording
00:20:20	Witness Cross Examination	Keeley, Therese	Prathipati, Dr. Lackshmi MD	Video Recording
00:37:25	Break
00:51:20	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Pratha, Dr. Vijaya	Video Recording
01:52:35	Witness Cross Examination	Keeley, Therese	Pratha, Dr. Vijaya	Video Recording
02:32:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Pratha, Dr. Vijaya	Video Recording
02:37:30	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Barber, Dr. Francis MD	Video Recording
00:28:00	Witness Cross Examination	Keeley, Therese	Barber, Dr. Francis MD	Video Recording
01:02:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Barber, Dr. Francis MD	Video Recording
01:05:45	Break
01:30:15	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Mayer, Heather	Video Recording
01:58:20	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Leach, Eileen Enny MPH, RN	Video Recording
02:48:30	End of Session

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	McKee, Robert	Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person
01:49:00	Break		Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person
02:04:15	Witness Direct Examination	McKee, Robert	Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person
02:24:00	Witness Cross Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person
03:21:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McKee, Robert	Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person
03:41:05	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person
03:46:10	Break		Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person
04:16:25	General Case Activities		Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person
04:37:25	End of Session		Hong, Dr. Joseph MD	In Person

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cash, Bill	Torki, Natasha	In Person
00:22:43	Witness Cross Examination	Imbroscio, Michael	Torki, Natasha	In Person
00:32:13	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
01:20:05	Break
01:41:55	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
03:03:55	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
01:12:40	Break
01:34:30	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
02:24:30	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
00:26:00	Witness Cross Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
01:16:00	Break
01:35:00	Witness Cross Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
03:12:00	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
00:52:40	Break
01:11:45	Witness Cross Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
01:24:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
01:41:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
01:44:45	Break
01:52:00	General Case Activities		Sachar, Dr. David B. MD	In Person
02:10:00	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Vierra, Dr. Mark MD	Video Recording
00:56:04	Break
01:00:23	Witness Cross Examination	Hewit, Russell	Vierra, Dr. Mark MD	Video Recording
02:19:25	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kaufman, Peter	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:38:15	Break
02:19:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kaufman, Peter	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
03:32:00	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:16:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaufman, Peter	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:36:20	Witness Cross Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
01:38:00	Break
01:55:30	General Case Activities		Blume, Dr. Cheryl PhD	In Person
02:03:30	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Reddy, Dr. Deepa M.D.	Video Recording
00:05:30	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Siegel, Dr. Cory	Video Recording
00:09:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Kane, Dr. Sunanda	Video Recording
00:20:30	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Hanauer, Dr. Stephen	Video Recording
01:01:10	Break
01:42:30	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Hanauer, Dr. Stephen	Video Recording
01:54:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
02:21:00	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
01:21:00	Break
01:44:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
02:12:00	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
00:27:30	Break
01:03:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
01:41:15	Witness Cross Examination	Campbell, Walter	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
02:12:30	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Campbell, Walter	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
00:55:30	Break
01:19:15	Witness Cross Examination	Campbell, Walter	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
01:19:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schmidt, Paul	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
01:36:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Campbell, Walter	Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
01:40:45	Break
01:57:45	General Case Activities		Ellison, Dr. Russell MD MSc	In Person
02:19:30	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Keeley, Therese	Reddy, Dr. Deepa M.D.	Video Recording
00:04:30	Witness Direct Examination	Keeley, Therese	Kane, Dr. Sunanda	Video Recording
00:17:30	Witness Direct Examination	Keeley, Therese	Siegel, Dr. Cory	Video Recording
00:30:45	Witness Direct Examination	Hewit, Russell	Orlow, Dr. Seth MD	In Person
00:54:00	Break
03:08:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hewit, Russell	Orlow, Dr. Seth MD	In Person
03:39:00	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hewit, Russell	Orlow, Dr. Seth MD	In Person
00:16:45	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, Paul	Orlow, Dr. Seth MD	In Person
00:26:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hewit, Russell	Orlow, Dr. Seth MD	In Person
00:31:15	Break		Orlow, Dr. Seth MD	In Person
01:01:30	General Case Activities		Orlow, Dr. Seth MD	In Person
01:08:10	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Petchel, Kasia	Video Recording
01:49:15	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Lascala,	DeWall, Ms. Kimberly	Video Recording
00:09:30	Witness Cross Examination	Campbell, Walter	DeWall, Ms. Kimberly	Video Recording
00:12:30	Witness Direct Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Burakoff, Dr. Robert MD	In Person
01:03:30	Break
01:50:30	Witness Direct Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Burakoff, Dr. Robert MD	In Person
03:04:30	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Burakoff, Dr. Robert MD	In Person
00:27:45	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, Paul	Burakoff, Dr. Robert MD	In Person
01:34:30	Break
01:54:45	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, Paul	Burakoff, Dr. Robert MD	In Person
02:19:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Woodbury, Marie	Burakoff, Dr. Robert MD	In Person
02:30:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Smith, Paul	Burakoff, Dr. Robert MD	In Person
02:34:45	Break
02:45:10	General Case Activities		Burakoff, Dr. Robert MD	In Person
02:55:00	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities	Woodbury, Marie		In Person
		00:04:30	End of Session			In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Closings

2 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Presence
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Smith, Paul	In Person
00:48:15	Closing Statement	McKee, Robert	In Person
01:28:35	Closing Statement	Campbell, Walter	In Person
01:36:30	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Other

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Hewit, Russell	Vierra, Dr. Mark MD	Video Recording
01:12:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Vierra, Dr. Mark MD	Video Recording
01:17:15	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Hewit, Russell	Vierra, Dr. Mark MD	Video Recording
01:19:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hook, Michael	Bess, Dr. Alan MD	Video Recording
01:21:30	End of Session

AM Session

Other

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities			In Person
00:09:10	Witness Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Barber, Dr. Francis MD	Video Recording
00:36:45	Witness Cross Examination	Keeley, Therese	Barber, Dr. Francis MD	Video Recording
01:10:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Campbell, Walter	Barber, Dr. Francis MD	Video Recording
01:13:40	Break
01:51:40	Witness Direct Examination	Smith, Paul	Vierra, Dr. Mark MD	Video Recording
02:47:40	End of Session

DEC

PM Session

Other

4 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Other

4 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Other

4 Chapters

DEC

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

In Re: Accutane

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
00:03:00	End of Session
00:20:00	General Case Activities	Tanna, Ms. Priya	Transcript Reading
00:41:15	End of Session