Mark Johnson v. U.S. Security Associates

Summary

In this Civil Rights and Criminal Law litigation proceeding, plaintiff Mark Johnson alleged U.S. Security Associates of falsely putting him under imprisonment maliciously prosecuting him after the plaintiff was accused of shoplifting by a staff of the defendant in a Publix supermarket, the plaintiff was subsequently acquitted in the ensuing criminal trial. The plaintiff at the time of the incident was an assistant United States attorney and the counsel of the plaintiff argued that the incident had seriously hampered plaintiffs career.
The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Scott Zappolo and Jeffery Farwell. The defendant in this case, U.S. Security Associates was represented by attorneys Daniel Novigrod, Christopher Stratton and Dale Hightower.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Johnson, Mark
Defense: US Security Associates

Judge: Gregory Keyser
Jurisdiction: 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Palm Beach County Courthouse

Case Number: 2006CA002567
Industry: Food, Security
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Tort Law

Plaintiff

Johnson, Mark

Represented By:
Zappolo, Scott (Zappolo & Farwell, P. A. )
Farwell, Jeffrey (Zappolo & Farwell, P. A. )

Defense

US Security Associates

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:37	Opening Statement	Zappolo, Scott
01:10:48	Break
01:29:33	Opening Statement	Novigrod, Daniel
02:26:35	General Case Activities
02:27:40	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Bias, Bronson	In Person
00:26:22	Witness Cross Examination	Hightower, Dale	Bias, Bronson	In Person
01:10:50	Break
01:25:35	Witness Cross Examination	Hightower, Dale	Bias, Bronson	In Person
02:02:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Bias, Bronson	In Person
02:14:25	Break
02:23:08	General Case Activities		Bias, Bronson	In Person
02:28:32	General Case Activities	Zappolo, Scott	Bias, Bronson	In Person
02:32:16	General Case Activities	Hightower, Dale	Bias, Bronson	In Person
02:43:18	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Reagan, Edward	In Person
03:00:31	Witness Cross Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Reagan, Edward	In Person
03:27:18	General Case Activities		Reagan, Edward	In Person
03:31:53	General Case Activities	Zappolo, Scott	Reagan, Edward	In Person
03:35:28	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

16 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Melton, Greg CPA	In Person
00:25:59	Witness Cross Examination	Stratton, Christopher	Melton, Greg CPA	In Person
01:06:05	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Johnson, Mark	In Person
01:37:49	Break
01:55:41	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Johnson, Mark	In Person
03:35:12	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Johnson, Mark	In Person
01:16:02	Break
01:35:31	Witness Cross Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Johnson, Mark	In Person
02:17:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Johnson, Mark	In Person
02:32:17	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

18 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Woody, Benjamin	Video Recording
01:08:22	Break
01:29:11	Witness Cross Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Spivack, Jeff	In Person
02:22:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Stratton, Christopher	Spivack, Jeff	In Person
02:27:46	General Case Activities
02:29:02	End of Session

PM Session

Closings

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Harms, Kenneth	In Person
00:07:32	General Case Activities
00:09:38	Witness Direct Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Harms, Kenneth	In Person
00:44:30	Witness Cross Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Harms, Kenneth	In Person
01:14:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Harms, Kenneth	In Person
01:19:36	General Case Activities		Harms, Kenneth	In Person
01:20:21	Witness Direct Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Eliassaint, Philippe	In Person
01:31:13	Witness Cross Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Eliassaint, Philippe	In Person
01:33:16	Break
01:57:39	General Case Activities
02:18:08	Closing Statement	Zappolo, Scott
02:49:05	Closing Statement	Novigrod, Daniel
03:33:04	Closing Statement	Zappolo, Scott
03:46:20	General Case Activities
03:56:23	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Other

4 Chapters

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

JUL

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Mark Johnson v. U.S. Security Associates

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:48	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Collazo, Felix	In Person
01:37:00	Break
01:48:44	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Collazo, Felix	In Person
03:03:20	General Case Activities
03:04:38	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:38	Witness Cross Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Collazo, Felix	In Person
01:16:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Collazo, Felix	In Person
02:05:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Collazo, Felix	In Person
02:16:21	General Case Activities		Collazo, Felix	In Person
02:19:54	General Case Activities	Zappolo, Scott	Collazo, Felix	In Person
02:20:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:55	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Morgan, Michael	In Person
00:13:02	Witness Cross Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Morgan, Michael	In Person
00:25:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Morgan, Michael	In Person
00:32:03	General Case Activities		Morgan, Michael	In Person
00:35:32	General Case Activities	Zappolo, Scott	Morgan, Michael	In Person
00:36:01	General Case Activities	Novigrod, Daniel	Morgan, Michael	In Person
00:36:48	Witness Direct Examination	Farwell, Jeffrey	Johnson, Margaret	In Person
00:47:52	Witness Cross Examination	Stratton, Christopher	Johnson, Margaret	In Person
01:15:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Farwell, Jeffrey	Johnson, Margaret	In Person
01:18:04	General Case Activities		Johnson, Margaret	In Person
01:19:07	General Case Activities	Farwell, Jeffrey	Johnson, Margaret	In Person
01:19:25	General Case Activities	Stratton, Christopher	Johnson, Margaret	In Person
01:22:30	Break
01:36:37	Witness Direct Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Melton, Greg CPA	In Person
02:14:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:58	Break
00:13:28	General Case Activities		Johnson, Mark	In Person
00:56:26	General Case Activities
01:01:03	Break
01:17:10	General Case Activities
01:18:31	Witness Direct Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Selfridge, Officer Patricia	In Person
01:41:58	Witness Cross Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Selfridge, Officer Patricia	In Person
01:47:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Selfridge, Officer Patricia	In Person
01:50:27	General Case Activities		Selfridge, Officer Patricia	In Person
01:53:07	Witness Direct Examination	Novigrod, Daniel	Woody, Benjamin	Video Recording
02:18:11	Witness Direct Examination	Stratton, Christopher	Spivack, Jeff	In Person
03:05:16	Break
03:13:59	Witness Direct Examination	Stratton, Christopher	Spivack, Jeff	In Person
03:55:59	General Case Activities
03:57:12	Witness Cross Examination	Zappolo, Scott	Spivack, Jeff	In Person
04:05:05	General Case Activities
04:07:13	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:16	Break
		00:01:58	General Case Activities
		00:02:41	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:41	General Case Activities
		00:03:22	End of Session