Lima v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.

Summary

In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiffs claim defendants' concealment of smoking's dangers led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.

Outcome

Verdict for the plaintiff.

Phase 1:

Compensatory damages: $3,000,000.

Apportionment of fault:

R.J. Reynolds: 60%.
Philip Morris USA: 0%.
Johnny Lima: 40%.

PHASE 2 VERDICT:

12 MILLION

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Lima, Mary
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Verdict: $15,000,000

Judge: Paul Huey
Jurisdiction: 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Edgecomb Courthouse

Case Number: 2015CA007140
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco, Products Liability

Plaintiff

Lima, Mary

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Defense

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Represented By:
Tepikian, Bruce (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:32:20	Break
00:34:27	General Case Activities
00:54:34	Opening Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
02:31:42	Opening Statement	Yerrid, C. Steven
02:47:12	General Case Activities
02:48:29	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:30:27	Break
01:45:09	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:47:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:38:58	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:41:33	Break
03:46:18	General Case Activities
03:58:49	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Lima, Mary	In Person
00:08:20	General Case Activities
00:13:22	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Lima, Mary	In Person
00:41:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yerrid, C. Steven	Lima, Mary	In Person
00:47:12	Break
01:16:36	Witness Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Ciment, Dr. Ari M.D.	Video Recording
03:16:10	General Case Activities
03:22:55	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

10 Chapters

APR

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Closings - Damages

14 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict - Damages

3 Chapters

APR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Belasic, Mark
01:07:33	Closing Statement	Murphy, Dennis
01:45:05	Break
01:59:59	Closing Statement	Tepikian, Bruce
02:37:25	Break
02:38:39	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
02:49:29	Closing Statement	Yerrid, C. Steven
02:53:21	General Case Activities
03:04:24	General Case Activities
03:13:23	End of Session

Lima v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:21:04	Opening Statement	Belasic, Mark
01:10:58	Opening Statement	Murphy, Dennis
01:47:42	Opening Statement	Tepikian, Bruce
01:54:48	Break
01:55:50	General Case Activities
02:01:08	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:02	Break
00:05:54	General Case Activities
00:12:02	Witness Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:44:53	Break
02:12:57	Witness Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:43:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:27	Witness Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:51:00	Break
02:10:20	General Case Activities
02:21:48	Witness Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:49:51	General Case Activities
03:50:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:16	Break
00:31:20	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:58:32	Break
02:17:46	Witness Cross Examination	Belasic, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:31:09	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:13	Break
00:32:04	Witness Direct Examination	Yerrid, C. Steven	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:58:36	Break
02:22:56	Witness Direct Examination	Yerrid, C. Steven	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:34:43	General Case Activities
03:35:43	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:30	Break
00:11:35	Witness Direct Examination	Yerrid, C. Steven	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:41:28	Break
01:42:03	General Case Activities
01:43:18	Break
02:00:25	Witness Direct Examination	Yerrid, C. Steven	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:01:22	Witness Cross Examination	McKinniss, Joyce	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:00:36	Break
03:00:47	Witness Cross Examination	McKinniss, Joyce	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:18:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yerrid, C. Steven	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:28:54	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McKinniss, Joyce	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:31:13	Break
03:34:55	General Case Activities	McKinniss, Joyce	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:45:40	Break
03:46:06	General Case Activities
04:09:39	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:43	Break
00:11:33	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
01:41:23	General Case Activities
02:00:35	Break
02:11:11	General Case Activities
02:14:27	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
03:38:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:07	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
00:32:30	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
01:27:16	Witness Cross Examination	Tepikian, Bruce	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
01:27:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Strauss, Dr. Gary	In Person
01:44:42	General Case Activities
01:47:54	Break
02:04:48	General Case Activities
02:26:37	Witness Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Lopez, Katherina	In Person
03:35:13	Witness Cross Examination	McKinniss, Joyce	Lopez, Katherina	In Person
03:40:20	Witness Cross Examination	Tepikian, Bruce	Lopez, Katherina	In Person
03:44:33	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Chambers, Brittany	Lopez, Katherina	In Person
03:54:14	Break
04:02:52	General Case Activities
04:24:18	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:59	Break
01:02:30	General Case Activities
01:14:31	Witness Direct Examination	Yerrid, C. Steven	Lima, Mary	In Person
02:37:22	Break
02:56:52	Witness Direct Examination	Yerrid, C. Steven	Lima, Mary	In Person
03:40:34	Break
03:41:34	General Case Activities
03:55:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:14:46	Break
00:37:08	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Ciment, Dr. Ari M.D.	Video Recording
01:38:08	Break
01:53:01	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Ciment, Dr. Ari M.D.	Video Recording
02:53:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gdanski, Jonathan	Ciment, Dr. Ari M.D.	Video Recording
03:17:22	Witness Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Lima, Philip	In Person
03:34:22	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Lima, Philip	In Person
03:38:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hammer, Steven	Lima, Philip	In Person
03:43:33	Break
03:50:19	General Case Activities
03:51:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:56	Break
00:02:58	General Case Activities	Yerrid, C. Steven
00:05:18	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
01:28:44	Break
01:45:41	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
03:24:20	Break
03:26:00	General Case Activities
03:28:36	Break
03:36:41	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
04:15:47	Break
04:40:51	General Case Activities
07:08:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:59	Break
00:07:50	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Scott	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
00:58:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Frazier, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
01:49:53	Break
02:07:38	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Dennis	Peterson, Dr. Brian M.D.	In Person
03:30:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:12:07	Break
02:36:29	General Case Activities
02:39:32	General Case Activities
03:06:05	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
04:39:12	Closing Statement	Yerrid, C. Steven
05:09:57	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:10	General Case Activities
		00:05:07	General Case Activities
		00:06:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:05:44	Break
01:07:11	General Case Activities
02:00:32	Break
02:17:54	General Case Activities
02:25:40	General Case Activities
02:31:27	Closing Statement	Yerrid, C. Steven
02:43:17	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
03:15:09	Break
03:24:55	Closing Statement	Belasic, Mark
04:13:13	Closing Statement	Yerrid, C. Steven
04:24:53	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Scott
04:37:18	General Case Activities
04:44:20	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:46	General Case Activities
		00:05:11	End of Session