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

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:13:27	General Case Activities
00:15:53	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
00:37:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:00:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:01:30	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
02:39:18	General Case Activities
02:44:37	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:06:14	General Case Activities
00:15:39	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:16:40	Break
01:30:35	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:46:18	Witness Cross Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
03:17:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
03:23:29	General Case Activities		Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
03:33:34	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:59:37	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:26:10	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:22:37	General Case Activities
01:26:38	Break
01:40:39	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Thomas, Bertie	In Person
02:09:22	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Thomas, Bertie	In Person
02:58:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Thomas, Bertie	In Person
03:04:42	General Case Activities
03:06:03	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:22:47	General Case Activities
00:38:30	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Johnston, James "Jim"	Transcript Reading
00:57:29	Witness Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
01:45:41	Break
01:57:54	Witness Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
02:33:49	Witness Cross Examination	Rosen, Eric	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
03:02:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
03:17:13	General Case Activities		Agharkar, Dr. Bhushan M.D.	In Person
03:36:50	General Case Activities
03:37:03	End of Session

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
00:01:34	General Case Activities
00:14:15	Break
00:41:47	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:29:15	Break
01:48:40	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:17:37	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:07:12	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:36:49	General Case Activities
01:38:20	Break
01:57:26	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
04:02:21	General Case Activities
04:04:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:19:13	General Case Activities
00:33:00	Break
00:41:42	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:04:42	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:06:05	Break
02:19:48	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:38:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:32:39	General Case Activities
00:34:00	Break
00:39:22	Witness Cross Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
01:59:26	Break
02:15:52	Witness Cross Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
02:50:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
03:06:25	General Case Activities		Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
03:11:03	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Drobes, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
03:27:23	General Case Activities
03:42:27	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:35	General Case Activities
		01:20:40	Break
		01:44:29	General Case Activities
		01:52:37	Break
		01:54:27	General Case Activities
		02:01:49	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:18:38	General Case Activities
00:23:52	General Case Activities
00:53:43	Closing Statement	Rosen, Eric
01:55:10	Break
02:07:16	Closing Statement	Hohnbaum, Cory
03:07:18	Closing Statement	Persons, W. Ray
03:39:29	Break
03:58:16	Closing Statement	Rosen, Eric
04:24:19	General Case Activities
04:37:00	General Case Activities
04:40:45	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:04:01	General Case Activities
		00:12:41	Break
		00:12:57	General Case Activities
		00:24:32	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:09:48	General Case Activities
		00:10:33	Reading of the Verdict
		00:15:50	General Case Activities
		00:18:30	General Case Activities
		00:20:43	End of Session