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

Summary

In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiffs Peggy Lock and Richard Lock alleged Philip Morris Tobacco Co and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co of fraudulent concealment of dangers of smoking cigarettes manufactured by the companies, which led Richard Lock to get addicted to smoking and also alleged the companies of being liable for manufacturing defective cigarettes due to which Mr. Lock suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
The plaintiffs were represented by attorneys Kent Whittemore, John 'Hutch' Pinder and Erin Lohmiller.

The defense in this case comprised of Philip Morris Tobacco co and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Philip Morris Tobacco Co was represented by attorneys Walter Cofer and Keri Arnold. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co was represented by attorney Kurt Weaver.

Outcome

PM: 9%
R.J.R.: 9%
Lock: 82%
Richard Lock:
Medical: 520,000
Pain/suffering: 400,000
Punitive Damages: No
Peggy Lock:
Comfort: 130,000
Services: 100,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Lock, Peggy
Defense: Philip Morris Tobacco Co
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $1,150,000

Judge: Pamela Campbell
Jurisdiction: 6th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: St. Petersburg Judicial Building

Case Number: 07-12520-CI-11
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Lock, Peggy

Defense

Philip Morris Tobacco Co

Represented By:
Cofer, Walter (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (Kansas City))
Arnold, Keri (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP)

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Weaver, Kurt (Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

19 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:17	General Case Activities
00:02:23	Witness Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Peggy	In Person
01:20:23	General Case Activities
01:22:19	Break
01:29:15	Witness Cross Examination	Arnold, Keri	Lock, Peggy	In Person
01:48:13	Break
01:58:04	Witness Cross Examination	Arnold, Keri	Lock, Peggy	In Person
02:36:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Peggy	In Person
02:47:12	General Case Activities
02:48:17	General Case Activities		Lock, Peggy	In Person
02:48:24	General Case Activities	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Peggy	In Person
02:49:49	General Case Activities
02:50:10	General Case Activities
02:51:25	General Case Activities
02:53:00	General Case Activities
02:55:01	General Case Activities	Arnold, Keri	Lock, Peggy	In Person
03:00:12	General Case Activities
03:06:55	End of Session

AM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

25 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

22 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Judge Motion Ruling

2 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

18 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

18 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

17 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Other

5 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

5 Chapters

OCT

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:14	Break
00:28:23	General Case Activities
00:36:53	General Case Activities
00:39:10	Witness Direct Examination	Lohmiller, Erin	Heimann, Robert	Video Recording
01:34:00	Break
01:46:21	Witness Direct Examination	Lohmiller, Erin	Heimann, Robert	In Person
02:20:26	General Case Activities
02:21:11	Witness Direct Examination	Lohmiller, Erin	Sholi, Dr. Abdalla M.D.	Video Recording
02:56:50	General Case Activities
02:58:15	General Case Activities
03:03:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:44	Witness Direct Examination	Lohmiller, Erin	Aranibar, Dr. Richard M.D.	Video Recording
00:17:44	General Case Activities
00:21:36	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Aranibar, Dr. Richard M.D.	Video Recording
01:02:22	General Case Activities
01:04:28	Break
01:14:26	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Aranibar, Dr. Richard M.D.	Video Recording
01:18:19	General Case Activities
01:19:25	Witness Direct Examination	Lohmiller, Erin	Avery, James M.D.	Video Recording
01:43:16	Break
02:28:24	General Case Activities
02:30:23	Witness Direct Examination	Lohmiller, Erin	Avery, James M.D.	Video Recording
03:07:43	General Case Activities
03:09:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:45	Break
00:08:49	General Case Activities
00:37:38	Closing Statement	Whittemore, Kent
01:50:32	Break
01:59:50	Closing Statement	Whittemore, Kent
02:19:56	Closing Statement	Cofer, Walter
03:33:27	Break
03:41:55	Closing Statement	Cofer, Walter
04:14:35	Closing Statement	Weaver, Kurt
04:37:51	Closing Statement	Whittemore, Kent
04:54:49	General Case Activities
04:55:22	Break
04:58:18	Closing Statement	Whittemore, Kent
05:05:57	General Case Activities
05:07:45	General Case Activities
05:10:09	End of Session

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

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:41:04	Opening Statement	Whittemore, Kent
01:23:13	Break
01:36:08	Opening Statement	Cofer, Walter
02:16:06	Break
02:22:13	Opening Statement	Weaver, Kurt
02:37:36	General Case Activities
02:39:58	General Case Activities
02:40:48	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:51	Break
00:14:35	General Case Activities
00:16:06	Witness Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Keith	In Person
00:28:59	Witness Cross Examination	Arnold, Keri	Lock, Keith	In Person
00:54:31	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Lock, Keith	In Person
00:56:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Keith	In Person
01:05:08	General Case Activities
01:06:10	General Case Activities		Lock, Keith	In Person
01:07:37	General Case Activities	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Keith	In Person
01:07:41	General Case Activities
01:09:54	Witness Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Walker,	In Person
01:20:19	Witness Cross Examination	Arnold, Keri	Walker,	In Person
01:41:46	Break
01:48:38	General Case Activities
01:50:24	Witness Cross Examination	Arnold, Keri	Walker,	In Person
02:19:14	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Walker,	In Person
02:28:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Walker,	In Person
02:29:30	General Case Activities
02:31:14	Witness Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Walker, Robert	In Person
02:35:22	Witness Cross Examination	Arnold, Keri	Walker, Robert	In Person
02:45:31	General Case Activities
02:48:27	General Case Activities
02:49:51	General Case Activities
02:51:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:14	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:35:22	Break
01:46:43	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
03:12:12	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
03:16:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
03:45:13	General Case Activities
03:51:57	General Case Activities		Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
03:55:50	General Case Activities
03:57:37	General Case Activities
04:11:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:31:38	General Case Activities
00:33:00	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:15:55	Break
01:28:50	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:39:04	General Case Activities
03:39:19	General Case Activities
03:40:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:54	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:28:41	Break
01:41:21	General Case Activities
01:43:40	General Case Activities
01:44:33	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:03:00	General Case Activities
03:04:25	General Case Activities
03:08:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:42	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
00:10:10	General Case Activities
00:43:22	Break
00:52:26	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:43:31	Break
01:48:58	General Case Activities
01:53:22	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:05:28	General Case Activities
02:08:49	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:09:52	General Case Activities
03:11:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:05	Break
00:08:07	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:12:23	Break
01:29:16	General Case Activities
01:33:17	Witness Cross Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:30:33	General Case Activities
03:32:05	General Case Activities
03:36:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:26	General Case Activities
00:14:29	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
00:43:11	General Case Activities
00:46:45	Break
00:49:49	General Case Activities
00:51:51	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:15:57	Break
01:25:37	General Case Activities
01:27:32	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:06:32	General Case Activities
03:07:56	General Case Activities
03:08:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:19	Break
00:05:21	General Case Activities
00:06:11	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
00:50:08	General Case Activities
00:50:58	Break
00:56:35	General Case Activities
00:58:17	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:49:01	Break
02:02:20	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:25:01	Break
02:37:32	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:39:06	Break
03:42:16	General Case Activities
03:44:06	General Case Activities
03:44:17	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:02:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:11:44	General Case Activities
04:14:14	General Case Activities
04:14:34	General Case Activities
04:15:37	General Case Activities
04:18:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:24	General Case Activities
00:11:27	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Avery, James M.D.	Video Recording
02:15:52	General Case Activities
02:16:40	Break
02:27:48	General Case Activities
02:29:09	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Avery, James M.D.	Video Recording
02:47:28	General Case Activities
02:48:56	General Case Activities
02:51:36	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:25	Witness Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Richard	In Person
00:51:13	Break
00:59:09	Witness Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Richard	In Person
01:20:59	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Lock, Mr. James	In Person
02:10:41	Break
02:21:14	Witness Cross Examination	Cofer, Walter	Lock, Mr. James	In Person
03:04:02	Witness Cross Examination	Weaver, Kurt	Lock, Mr. James	In Person
03:12:49	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Pinder, John "Hutch"	Lock, Mr. James	In Person
03:16:58	General Case Activities
03:19:25	General Case Activities
03:37:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:00:52	Break
01:06:45	General Case Activities
01:07:26	General Case Activities	Whittemore, Kent
01:09:16	General Case Activities
01:09:34	General Case Activities
01:10:28	Witness Direct Examination	Cofer, Walter	Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
02:17:52	Break
02:26:25	Witness Direct Examination	Cofer, Walter	Kaplan, Dr. Eric M.D.	In Person
03:22:24	General Case Activities
03:23:50	General Case Activities
03:54:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:54:40	Break
00:57:07	General Case Activities
01:02:27	Break
01:15:33	General Case Activities
01:23:01	Break
01:29:17	General Case Activities
01:34:05	General Case Activities
01:36:39	Witness Direct Examination	Arnold, Keri	Lock, Brian	Transcript Reading
02:18:20	General Case Activities
02:20:23	Witness Direct Examination	Arnold, Keri	Lock, Peggy	Transcript Reading
02:25:50	General Case Activities
02:26:32	General Case Activities
02:33:35	Witness Direct Examination	Arnold, Keri	Lock, Richard	Transcript Reading
02:38:03	General Case Activities
02:38:18	General Case Activities
02:39:30	General Case Activities
02:54:48	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:08:20	General Case Activities
		00:09:32	General Case Activities
		00:26:16	General Case Activities
		00:28:25	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:17	Reading of the Verdict
		00:04:20	General Case Activities
		00:06:42	General Case Activities
		00:08:07	End of Session