Lourie v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al

Summary

In this Engle progeny proceeding, plaintiff, the personal representative of Barbara Ruth Lourie, a deceased smoker, claims that defendant tobacco manufacturers concealed the dangers of smoking, while furthering the addiction of Lourie, which caused the lung cancer that led to her death in 1997.

Outcome

Damages:
Loss of Support:
James Lourie - $163,296
Steven Lourie - $500,000

Loss of Companionship and Protection:
James Lourie - $8,253
Steven Lourie - 700,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Lourie, James
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Philip Morris Tobacco Co
Lorillard Tobacco Co
Verdict: $1,371,549

Judge: William Levens
Jurisdiction: 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Edgecomb Courthouse

Case Number: 07-CA-018137
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Lourie, James

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Seiden, Mark (Jones Day)

Defense

Philip Morris Tobacco Co

Represented By:
Fasi, Joseph (Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan)
Yates, Pam (Kaye Scholer LLP (Tallahassee))

Defense

Lorillard Tobacco Co

Represented By:
Tedder, Gay (Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (Kansas City))
Brock, F. Laurens 'Larry' (Adams & Reese LLP )

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:35	Opening Statement	Bigger, Brent
01:37:03	General Case Activities
01:39:05	Break
01:52:49	General Case Activities
02:00:07	Opening Statement	Fasi, Joseph
03:03:41	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

15 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

SEP

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

OCT

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

16 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Closings

11 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

11 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

OCT

AM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

OCT

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:34	Opening Statement	Tedder, Gay
00:29:23	Opening Statement	Seiden, Mark
00:46:46	General Case Activities
00:51:31	Break
00:57:28	General Case Activities
01:03:36	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Calkins, Dr. Allison	In Person
02:11:44	Witness Cross Examination	Yates, Pam	Calkins, Dr. Allison	In Person
02:18:39	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Calkins, Dr. Allison	In Person
02:19:14	Break
02:33:04	Witness Cross Examination	Yates, Pam	Calkins, Dr. Allison	In Person
03:33:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Calkins, Dr. Allison	In Person
03:40:09	General Case Activities		Calkins, Dr. Allison	In Person
03:42:49	General Case Activities
03:57:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:14:20	Witness Direct Examination		Engelman, Dr. Elaine	Transcript Reading
00:30:18	Witness Cross Examination		Engelman, Dr. Elaine	Transcript Reading
00:54:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination		Engelman, Dr. Elaine	Transcript Reading
00:57:46	General Case Activities
00:59:08	Break
01:06:45	General Case Activities
01:20:42	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Lourie, Michael	In Person
01:58:24	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Lourie, Michael	In Person
02:57:24	Witness Cross Examination	Brock, F. Laurens 'Larry'	Lourie, Michael	In Person
03:05:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Lourie, Michael	In Person
03:11:54	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:14:22	Witness Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Snider, Linda	In Person
01:24:34	Witness Cross Examination	Yates, Pam	Snider, Linda	In Person
01:59:38	Witness Cross Examination	Brock, F. Laurens 'Larry'	Snider, Linda	In Person
02:04:52	Witness Cross Examination	Seiden, Mark	Snider, Linda	In Person
02:05:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Snider, Linda	In Person
02:10:42	Break
02:28:32	General Case Activities
02:38:09	Witness Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Lourie, David	In Person
03:28:50	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Lourie, David	In Person
03:48:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Lourie, David	In Person
03:51:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Lourie, David	In Person
03:53:06	General Case Activities
03:57:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:43:22	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
01:54:32	Break
02:01:22	General Case Activities
02:07:51	Witness Cross Examination	Yates, Pam	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
03:02:47	Break
03:07:21	General Case Activities
03:23:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Villa, Dr. Luis M.D.	In Person
03:34:12	General Case Activities
04:05:14	Witness Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Lourie, Steven	In Person
05:00:03	General Case Activities
05:10:18	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
02:38:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:54	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:05:53	Witness Cross Examination	Tedder, Gay	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:27:52	Witness Cross Examination	Seiden, Mark	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:17:01	Break
02:31:09	General Case Activities
03:11:58	General Case Activities
03:24:00	Witness Direct Examination		Garner, Charles	Video Recording
03:52:01	General Case Activities
04:05:39	End of Session

Lourie v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al

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Sessions

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:34:17	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:13:29	Break
02:30:57	General Case Activities
02:49:45	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
04:09:19	General Case Activities
04:10:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:28:51	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:00:22	Break
02:14:32	General Case Activities
02:27:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:33:38	General Case Activities
03:55:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:11:49	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:46:53	Break
02:08:44	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:32:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:35:43	Witness Cross Examination		Bonhonme,	Video Recording
02:20:29	General Case Activities
02:27:03	Break
02:42:32	General Case Activities
02:45:55	Witness Direct Examination	Cabaniss, Ronald	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
03:42:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:01	Witness Direct Examination	Cabaniss, Ronald	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:28:18	Witness Cross Examination	Yates, Pam	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:51:41	Break
02:10:58	General Case Activities
02:13:34	Witness Cross Examination	Yates, Pam	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
03:37:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cabaniss, Ronald	Herkov, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
03:53:07	General Case Activities
03:55:22	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:41	Witness Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Lourie, James	In Person
01:38:09	Break
01:57:14	General Case Activities
01:58:51	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Lourie, James	In Person
03:35:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:37	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Lourie, James	In Person
00:28:13	Witness Cross Examination	Brock, F. Laurens 'Larry'	Lourie, James	In Person
00:42:01	Witness Cross Examination	Seiden, Mark	Lourie, James	In Person
00:48:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bigger, Brent	Lourie, James	In Person
01:09:54	Witness Direct Examination	Cabaniss, Ronald	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:47:02	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:48:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cabaniss, Ronald	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:50:45	General Case Activities		Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	In Person
01:51:54	Break
02:06:04	General Case Activities
02:07:02	Witness Direct Examination		Coven, Linda	Video Recording
03:49:54	General Case Activities
03:56:11	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:29:44	Witness Direct Examination		Coven, Linda	Video Recording
01:06:16	General Case Activities
01:09:44	Break
01:19:15	Witness Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:26:29	Break
02:37:39	Witness Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:39:03	General Case Activities
03:39:37	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:44	Witness Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
01:18:04	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:29:58	General Case Activities
02:32:30	Break
02:43:07	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
02:56:16	Witness Cross Examination	Tedder, Gay	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:02:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Briggs, Laurie	Burns, Dr. David , M.D.	In Person
03:17:55	General Case Activities
03:50:41	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:26:21	Witness Cross Examination	Cabaniss, Ronald	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
01:29:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Yates, Pam	Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
01:33:29	General Case Activities		Rosman, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
01:41:13	Break
01:53:55	Witness Direct Examination	Yates, Pam	Peterson, Dr. Brian M.D.	In Person
02:45:22	Break
02:53:47	General Case Activities
03:02:05	Witness Direct Examination	Yates, Pam	Peterson, Dr. Brian M.D.	In Person
03:19:08	Witness Cross Examination	Bigger, Brent	Peterson, Dr. Brian M.D.	In Person
03:45:31	General Case Activities
03:46:33	Break
03:53:21	General Case Activities
04:34:32	Break
04:44:23	General Case Activities
06:57:06	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:35	Witness Direct Examination		Borman, Elaine	Transcript Reading
00:29:14	General Case Activities
00:36:33	General Case Activities
00:42:08	Break
00:55:04	Witness Direct Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Lourie, James	In Person
00:59:43	General Case Activities
01:04:14	Break
01:21:40	General Case Activities
02:13:41	Closing Statement	Bigger, Brent
03:33:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:58	Closing Statement	Fasi, Joseph
00:33:10	Closing Statement	Yates, Pam
00:51:38	Closing Statement	Fasi, Joseph
02:21:54	Break
02:30:32	General Case Activities
02:32:55	Closing Statement	Tedder, Gay
02:42:53	Closing Statement	Seiden, Mark
03:02:38	Closing Statement	Bigger, Brent
03:15:16	General Case Activities
03:25:37	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:03:52	Reading of the Verdict
		00:08:07	General Case Activities
		00:12:03	End of Session