Kaplan v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant's concealment of smoking;s dangers led to addiction and disease.

Outcome

Phase 1:
$2,107,000.00 for the plaintiff.

Phase 2:
Philip Morris $2,300,000.00
R J Reynolds $ 671,000.00

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Kaplan, Myron
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Verdict: $5,470,000

Judge: Carlos Rodriguez
Jurisdiction: 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Judicial Complex

Case Number: 08-19469
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Products Liability

Plaintiff

Kaplan, Myron

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Baringer, Randal

Defense

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:17:17	Break
00:47:58	Opening Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
02:44:44	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Openings

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Baringer, Randal
00:21:16	Witness Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	McLaughlin, Elisa	In Person
01:35:45	Break
01:50:11	General Case Activities
02:01:06	Witness Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	McLaughlin, Elisa	In Person
02:09:06	Witness Cross Examination	Vaughan, Robert	McLaughlin, Elisa	In Person
03:28:58	Break
03:42:58	Witness Cross Examination	Vaughan, Robert	McLaughlin, Elisa	In Person
03:48:23	Break
03:58:37	Witness Cross Examination	Vaughan, Robert	McLaughlin, Elisa	In Person
04:02:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	McLaughlin, Elisa	In Person
04:10:48	General Case Activities		McLaughlin, Elisa	In Person
04:14:36	General Case Activities
04:17:41	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
00:42:42	Break
00:51:14	Witness Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:19:25	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
		00:41:56	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Vaughan, Robert	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:22:40	Break
01:35:11	Witness Cross Examination	Vaughan, Robert	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:16:44	Break
02:26:55	Witness Cross Examination	Vaughan, Robert	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:41:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:34:48	Witness Direct Examination		Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:51:01	General Case Activities

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es) - Damages

6 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
-1:37:20	Witness Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:59	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
01:26:31	Break
01:45:03	General Case Activities
01:51:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
02:26:53	General Case Activities		Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
02:42:10	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
02:44:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
02:48:37	General Case Activities		Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
03:15:43	Break
03:20:43	General Case Activities
03:25:21	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
04:15:13	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:23:44	Break
01:38:45	Witness Cross Examination	Baringer, Randal	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:00:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:24:11	Break
02:34:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:13:26	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Baringer, Randal	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:15:05	General Case Activities
03:27:23	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities		Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
00:33:07	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Kaplan , Myron	In Person
00:42:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Kaplan , Myron	In Person
01:34:49	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
02:27:58	General Case Activities
02:38:53	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
01:27:22	Break
01:52:26	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
02:09:58	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
02:59:56	Break
03:08:46	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
03:49:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
04:06:07	General Case Activities
04:10:03	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Closings

3 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es) - Damages

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es) - Damages

9 Chapters

JUL

PM Session

Closings - Damages

12 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es) - Damages

8 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

JUL

PM Session

Verdict - Damages

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

JUL

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Kaplan v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

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Sessions

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Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:16:51	Witness Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:47:33	Break
01:58:34	General Case Activities		Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:44:08	Break
02:48:03	General Case Activities
03:54:50	Witness Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
04:17:56	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:49	Witness Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:25:22	Break
01:51:49	Witness Cross Examination	Vaughan, Robert	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:46:02	General Case Activities
02:47:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:19	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Koss, Dr. Michael M.D	In Person
00:41:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelly, Frank	Koss, Dr. Michael M.D	In Person
00:58:03	Witness Direct Examination		Koss, Dr. Michael M.D	In Person
01:00:06	General Case Activities
01:06:45	Break
01:13:04	General Case Activities
01:18:40	General Case Activities
01:19:32	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:20:59	General Case Activities
03:14:44	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:42	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:10:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:51	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:23:41	Witness Direct Examination		Bowling, James	Video Recording
00:26:56	Witness Direct Examination		Wakeham, Helmut	Video Recording
00:29:48	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:18:48	General Case Activities
02:42:37	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:39:40	Witness Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
01:52:27	Break
01:56:49	General Case Activities
02:10:58	Witness Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
03:25:03	Break
03:25:54	General Case Activities
03:48:27	Witness Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Bela-Illei, Dr. Peter M.D	In Person
03:51:27	General Case Activities
03:54:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:17:08	Witness Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Kaplan , Myron	In Person
01:50:25	General Case Activities
02:10:28	Break
02:16:59	General Case Activities
02:36:22	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Kaplan , Myron	In Person
03:37:24	General Case Activities
04:11:24	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:15	Witness Direct Examination	Kaplan , Sheila	Transcript Reading
01:12:02	Break
01:30:56	Witness Direct Examination	Kaplan , Sheila	Transcript Reading
02:17:43	General Case Activities
02:59:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:34:39	Witness Direct Examination	Vaughan, Robert	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
01:48:21	Break
02:09:28	Witness Direct Examination	Vaughan, Robert	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
03:02:09	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
04:26:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vaughan, Robert	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
04:41:25	General Case Activities
04:44:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:39:09	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, Frank	Cox, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
01:49:42	General Case Activities
02:00:19	Break
02:05:38	General Case Activities
02:23:21	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, Frank	Cox, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:28:33	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Cox, Dr. Joseph M.D.	In Person
02:54:24	General Case Activities
02:55:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:59:18	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
01:06:37	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:05:33	Break
		00:21:07	General Case Activities
		00:37:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:36:32	Break
00:48:35	General Case Activities
00:50:33	Break
00:53:21	General Case Activities
01:06:27	Break
01:23:12	General Case Activities
01:24:51	Opening Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
01:58:30	Opening Statement	Kelly, Frank
02:13:10	Opening Statement	Baringer, Randal
02:21:44	Witness Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:34:10	General Case Activities
03:36:09	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:36:41	Break
00:37:13	General Case Activities
01:23:28	Witness Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:23:02	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:56:22	Witness Cross Examination	Baringer, Randal	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:06:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:17:02	General Case Activities
03:57:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:42:03	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
00:48:02	Witness Cross Examination	Kelly, Frank	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
00:52:50	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
01:02:11	General Case Activities
01:04:13	Break
01:24:52	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
02:19:19	Closing Statement	Baringer, Randal
03:27:17	Break
03:34:47	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
03:50:10	General Case Activities
04:00:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:16:53	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, Frank	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
01:44:42	Break
01:46:17	General Case Activities
02:03:08	Witness Direct Examination	Kelly, Frank	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
02:06:07	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
03:48:42	General Case Activities
04:00:33	End of Session