Thomas v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff claims defendants' concealment of smoking's dangers caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.

Outcome

Verdict for Plaintiff

$4,000,000.00

No Punitive damages

$4M Verdict Smacks RJR, Found Responsible for Smoker's Throat Cancer Death
Aug 2, 2017

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Thomas, Bertie
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $4,000,000

Judge: John Murphy
Jurisdiction: 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Judicial Complex

Case Number: 2007-CV-036432(19)
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Thomas, Bertie

Represented By:
Rosen, Eric (Kelley/Uustal)

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:15:45	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
00:56:27	General Case Activities
01:00:28	Break
01:14:29	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Thomas, Bertie	In Person
01:43:12	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Thomas, Bertie	In Person
02:32:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Thomas, Bertie	In Person
02:38:32	General Case Activities
02:39:53	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Other

6 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

11 Chapters

JUL

PM Session

Other

4 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

5 Chapters

JUL

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Thomas v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Rosen, Eric
01:13:42	Break
01:25:15	Opening Statement	Persons, W. Ray
02:13:25	Opening Statement	Hohnbaum, Cory
02:45:51	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:30:48	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:41	Break
00:40:13	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:27:41	Break
01:47:06	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:16:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:47	Break
00:22:29	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
00:45:29	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:46:52	Break
02:00:35	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:19:27	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:26	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
00:23:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
00:47:03	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
00:48:03	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
02:25:51	General Case Activities
02:31:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:21	Break
00:06:43	Witness Cross Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
01:26:47	Break
01:43:13	Witness Cross Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
02:18:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
02:33:46	General Case Activities		Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
02:38:24	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:54:44	General Case Activities
03:09:48	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:25	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:10:26	Break
01:24:21	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:40:04	Witness Cross Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
03:11:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
03:17:15	General Case Activities		Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
03:27:20	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:53:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:43	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Johnston, James "Jim"	Transcript Reading
00:34:42	Witness Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
01:22:54	Break
01:35:07	Witness Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
02:11:02	Witness Cross Examination	Rosen, Eric	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
02:39:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
02:54:26	General Case Activities		Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
03:14:03	General Case Activities
03:14:16	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		01:20:05	Break
		01:43:54	General Case Activities
		01:52:02	Break
		01:53:52	General Case Activities
		02:01:14	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:14	General Case Activities
00:35:05	Closing Statement	Rosen, Eric
01:36:32	Break
01:48:38	Closing Statement	Hohnbaum, Cory
02:48:40	Closing Statement	Persons, W. Ray
03:20:51	Break
03:39:38	Closing Statement	Rosen, Eric
04:05:41	General Case Activities
04:18:22	General Case Activities
04:22:07	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:08:40	Break
		00:08:56	General Case Activities
		00:20:31	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:45	Reading of the Verdict
		00:06:02	General Case Activities
		00:08:42	General Case Activities
		00:10:55	End of Session