John Doe 119 v. Roman Catholic Bishop Of Las Vegas, et al.

Summary

In this negligence litigation proceeding, plaintiff John Doe alleged Roman Catholic Bishop of Las Vegas of covering up sexual abuse and being negligent in taking actions against Father Fenney, even after getting regular complaints regarding his offences. The plaintiff claimed that he was molested by Father Feeney as a child and his complaints were not taken seriously by the church.

The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Mike Finnegan and Jeffrey Anderson. The defendant in this case, Roman Catholic Bishop of Las Vegas was represented by attorneys Peter Mazzeo and Joshua Sliker.

Outcome

Compensatory: 500,00.00
Punitive Damages: No

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Doe, John
Defense: Roman Catholic Bishop of Las Vegas
Verdict: $500,000

Judge: Valorie Vega
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Regional Justice Center

Case Number: 08A555265
Industry: Not for Profit - Charitable
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

Doe, John

Represented By:
Finnegan, Mike (Jeff Anderson & Associates)
Anderson, Jeffrey (Jeff Anderson & Associates)

Defense

Roman Catholic Bishop of Las Vegas

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:57	Opening Statement	Anderson, Jeffrey
01:04:04	General Case Activities
01:06:19	Opening Statement	Mazzeo, Peter
01:28:29	General Case Activities
01:29:18	End of Session

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

OCT

PM Session

Openings

13 Chapters

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

21 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

19 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

19 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

16 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

25 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Closings

4 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:36	Closing Statement	Mazzeo, Peter
01:03:44	General Case Activities
01:04:21	Break
01:27:41	General Case Activities
01:28:33	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Canavera, Lawrence	In Person
02:44:48	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Canavera, Lawrence	In Person
03:00:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Canavera, Lawrence	In Person
03:24:49	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Canavera, Lawrence	In Person
03:25:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Canavera, Lawrence	In Person
03:26:25	General Case Activities
03:26:50	General Case Activities
03:28:06	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:21	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Mitchell, Betty	In Person
00:12:55	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Mitchell, Betty	In Person
00:19:20	General Case Activities
00:21:07	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Mitchell, Grant	In Person
00:30:05	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Mitchell, Grant	In Person
00:35:18	General Case Activities
00:36:22	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Merryfield, Troy	In Person
01:12:15	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Merryfield, Troy	In Person
01:42:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Merryfield, Troy	In Person
01:48:34	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Merryfield, Troy	In Person
01:50:57	General Case Activities
01:51:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Merryfield, Dan	In Person
00:02:35	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Merryfield, Dan	In Person
00:13:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Merryfield, Dan	In Person
00:14:06	General Case Activities
00:15:26	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Merryfield, Sharon	In Person
01:07:53	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Merryfield, Sharon	In Person
01:28:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Merryfield, Sharon	In Person
01:35:44	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Merryfield, Sharon	In Person
01:37:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Merryfield, Sharon	In Person
01:45:58	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Merryfield, Sharon	In Person
01:49:16	General Case Activities
01:50:26	Break
02:15:37	General Case Activities
02:17:49	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Wycislo, Aloysius	Transcript Reading
02:32:39	General Case Activities
02:34:25	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Wiliamson, James	Transcript Reading
02:49:41	General Case Activities
02:54:16	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Morneau, Robert	Video Recording
03:07:56	General Case Activities
03:08:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:34	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Geffner, Dr. Robert	In Person
00:38:46	General Case Activities
00:39:23	Break
00:53:36	General Case Activities
00:54:09	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Geffner, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:22:20	General Case Activities
02:22:43	Break
02:37:31	General Case Activities
02:38:02	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Geffner, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:38:30	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:39	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Morneau, Robert	Video Recording
00:04:10	General Case Activities
00:17:24	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Morneau, Robert	Video Recording
00:19:50	General Case Activities
00:20:59	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Hertlein, Dr. Katherine	In Person
02:27:00	General Case Activities
02:27:33	Break
02:45:16	General Case Activities
02:45:53	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Hertlein, Dr. Katherine	In Person
03:59:58	General Case Activities
04:00:54	End of Session

John Doe 119 v. Roman Catholic Bishop Of Las Vegas, et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:32	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Geffner, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:26:15	General Case Activities
01:27:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:13	Witness Direct Examination	Finnegan, Mike	Feeney, John	Video Recording
01:07:27	General Case Activities
01:08:36	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Tieman, Kirk	In Person
02:33:41	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Tieman, Kirk	In Person
03:10:32	General Case Activities
03:11:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:15	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Tieman, Kirk	In Person
01:40:42	General Case Activities
01:41:23	Break
02:15:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Tieman, Kirk	In Person
02:27:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Tieman, Kirk	In Person
02:28:39	General Case Activities
02:29:37	General Case Activities
02:30:14	Witness Direct Examination	Finnegan, Mike	Vandenberg, Robert	Video Recording
02:39:28	General Case Activities
02:40:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:33	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Hertlein, Dr. Katherine	In Person
00:39:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Hertlein, Dr. Katherine	In Person
00:57:31	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Hertlein, Dr. Katherine	In Person
00:59:49	General Case Activities
01:00:56	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Tieman, Joyce	In Person
01:19:06	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Tieman, Joyce	In Person
02:01:18	General Case Activities
02:02:39	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Moroch-Tieman, Jennifer	In Person
02:18:07	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Moroch-Tieman, Jennifer	In Person
02:33:09	General Case Activities
02:34:06	Break
02:52:57	General Case Activities
02:53:25	General Case Activities
02:57:35	Witness Direct Examination	Finnegan, Mike	Klister, Roy	Video Recording
03:29:59	General Case Activities
03:31:18	Witness Direct Examination	Finnegan, Mike	Maida, Adam	Video Recording
03:54:40	General Case Activities
03:55:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:41	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Geffner, Dr. Robert	In Person
00:50:15	Witness Cross Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Geffner, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:43:44	General Case Activities
02:44:41	Witness Direct Examination	Finnegan, Mike	Maida, Adam	Video Recording
02:59:22	General Case Activities
03:00:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:38	Witness Direct Examination	Finnegan, Mike	McFarland, Norman	Video Recording
01:28:54	General Case Activities
01:37:26	General Case Activities
01:37:49	General Case Activities
01:39:29	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Koszarek, Paul	In Person
02:12:46	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Koszarek, Paul	In Person
02:36:17	General Case Activities
02:37:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:05	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Koszarek, Paul	In Person
00:11:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Koszarek, Paul	In Person
00:16:35	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Koszarek, Paul	In Person
00:34:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Koszarek, Paul	In Person
00:41:14	General Case Activities
00:47:13	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Flummerfelt, Robert	In Person
01:33:04	General Case Activities
01:33:54	Break
01:56:49	General Case Activities
01:57:26	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Flummerfelt, Robert	In Person
02:30:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Flummerfelt, Robert	In Person
02:36:42	General Case Activities
02:37:52	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	LaVoy, Elwood	Transcript Reading
02:42:48	General Case Activities
02:43:25	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Maida, Adam	Transcript Reading
02:50:24	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	McFarland, Norman	Video Recording
03:02:26	General Case Activities
03:03:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:52:09	General Case Activities
00:53:01	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Reilly, Timothy	In Person
02:15:42	General Case Activities
02:16:23	Break
02:36:03	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Reilly, Timothy	In Person
03:01:57	General Case Activities
03:04:03	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Vandenberg, Robert	Transcript Reading
03:11:48	General Case Activities
03:13:03	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Wycislo, Aloysius	Transcript Reading
03:18:39	General Case Activities
03:19:42	General Case Activities
03:21:37	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Klister, Roy	Video Recording
03:50:34	Break
03:59:36	General Case Activities
04:10:21	General Case Activities
04:11:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:37	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
01:07:45	General Case Activities
01:08:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:54	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
00:49:28	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
01:37:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
01:44:17	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Etcoff, Dr. Lewis	In Person
01:47:55	General Case Activities
01:48:40	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Klister, Roy	Video Recording
02:19:18	General Case Activities
02:19:55	Break
02:39:37	General Case Activities
02:44:08	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Kiefer, Mr. John	Transcript Reading
02:52:01	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Doerfler, John	Transcript Reading
02:59:59	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Feeney, John	Transcript Reading
03:11:53	General Case Activities
03:12:17	General Case Activities
03:12:54	Witness Direct Examination	Finnegan, Mike	LaVoy, Elwood	Video Recording
03:14:39	General Case Activities
03:22:27	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Doerfler, John	Video Recording
03:41:14	General Case Activities
03:42:02	General Case Activities
03:45:37	Witness Direct Examination	Mazzeo, Peter	Reilly, Timothy	In Person
03:57:15	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jeffrey	Reilly, Timothy	In Person
04:06:18	General Case Activities
04:10:10	General Case Activities
04:14:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:38:25	Closing Statement	Anderson, Jeffrey
01:44:11	General Case Activities
01:44:45	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:08	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:19	General Case Activities
		00:06:50	End of Session