Tina Wilcox v. BNSF Railway Company

Summary

Jury trial in wrongful death suit filed in 2011 against BNSF by the widow of a conductor who was struck and killed by an oncoming train.

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Outcome

$2.94 million awarded to the plaintiff

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Wilcox, Tina
Defense: BNSF Railway Company
Verdict: $2,940,000

Judge: Randall Warner
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County
Court: East Court Building

Case Number: CV2011-000477
Industry: Transportation
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

Wilcox, Tina

Defense

BNSF Railway Company

SESSIONS WITH Kevin Nichols

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:14:00	Opening Statement	Petru, Anthony
00:43:53	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Petru, Anthony
00:53:27	General Case Activities
00:54:27	Break
01:12:45	Opening Statement	Shwer, Bradley
02:25:41	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities	Petru, Anthony
00:09:46	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Gonzales, Mr.	In Person
01:20:06	Break
01:41:16	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Gonzales, Mr.	In Person
01:48:36	Witness Cross Examination	Shwer, Bradley	Gonzales, Mr.	In Person
02:22:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Gonzales, Mr.	In Person
02:32:15	Witness Direct Examination	Romero, Jason	Black, Dale	In Person
02:55:33	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Romero, Jason	Black, Dale	In Person
00:20:42	Witness Cross Examination	Shwer, Bradley	Black, Dale	In Person
00:23:14	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Ben, Lee	In Person
00:59:44	Break
01:17:00	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Ben, Lee	In Person
01:40:44	Witness Cross Examination	Shwer, Bradley	Ben, Lee	In Person
01:53:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Ben, Lee	In Person
02:04:42	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Fischer, Jeff	In Person
02:19:34	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Fischer, Jeff	In Person
00:14:12	Witness Cross Examination	Thorpe, William	Fischer, Jeff	In Person
00:50:29	General Case Activities		Fischer, Jeff	In Person
00:51:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Fischer, Jeff	In Person
01:03:50	Break
01:31:32	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Lynch, Patrick	In Person
02:01:57	Witness Cross Examination	Shwer, Bradley	Lynch, Patrick	In Person
02:14:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Lynch, Patrick	In Person
02:16:42	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Baldonado, Sally	Transcript Reading
02:41:55	End of Session

APR

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Thorpe, William	Despain, Preston	In Person
00:19:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Despain, Preston	In Person
00:39:12	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Bernstein, Mr.	In Person
01:15:12	Break
02:01:30	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Bernstein, Mr.	In Person
02:44:25	Witness Cross Examination	Thorpe, William	Bernstein, Mr.	In Person
02:55:04	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:34	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Despain, Preston	In Person
01:07:46	Break
01:27:16	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Despain, Preston	In Person
01:59:35	Witness Cross Examination	Thorpe, William	Despain, Preston	In Person
02:28:47	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Thorpe, William	Bernstein, Mr.	In Person
00:32:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Bernstein, Mr.	In Person
00:51:30	Break
01:10:18	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Byrnes, Paul	In Person
02:24:05	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:40	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Byrnes, Paul	In Person
00:29:20	Witness Cross Examination	Thorpe, William	Byrnes, Paul	In Person
01:00:39	Break
01:28:08	Witness Cross Examination	Thorpe, William	Byrnes, Paul	In Person
02:00:35	General Case Activities		Byrnes, Paul	In Person
02:01:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Byrnes, Paul	In Person
02:10:30	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Swick, Mr.	Video Recording
02:35:42	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Swick, Mr.	Video Recording
00:09:10	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Swick, Mr.	Transcript Reading
00:18:05	Witness Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:04:01	Break
01:24:20	Witness Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:13:16	Witness Cross Examination	Petru, Anthony	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:18:28	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Petru, Anthony	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:19:13	Break
01:39:48	Witness Cross Examination	Petru, Anthony	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
01:48:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Krauss, Dr. David Ph.D.	In Person
02:08:16	General Case Activities
02:09:40	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Nichols, Kevin	Video Recording
02:53:58	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Nichols, Kevin	Transcript Reading
02:55:26	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Nichols, Kevin	Video Recording
00:03:27	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Nichols, Kevin	Transcript Reading
00:39:29	General Case Activities	Petru, Anthony
00:41:58	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Johnson, Robert	In Person
01:03:46	Break
01:22:50	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Johnson, Robert	In Person
02:11:47	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Johnson, Robert	In Person
00:13:35	Witness Cross Examination	Shwer, Bradley	Johnson, Robert	In Person
00:38:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Johnson, Robert	In Person
00:48:08	Witness Direct Examination	Romero, Jason	Santibanez, Marcos	In Person
01:09:54	Break
01:30:25	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Palacios, John	Video Recording
02:11:21	General Case Activities
02:16:14	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Charrow, Arthur	Transcript Reading
02:18:40	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Charrow, Arthur	Video Recording
02:52:45	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Charrow, Arthur	Video Recording
00:20:32	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Kishbaugh, David	Transcript Reading
00:28:49	Witness Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Wilcox, Tina	In Person
00:50:03	Witness Cross Examination	Thorpe, William	Wilcox, Tina	In Person
00:53:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Petru, Anthony	Wilcox, Tina	In Person
00:54:03	Break
01:32:34	General Case Activities
01:33:35	Witness Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Lehman, Brian	In Person
02:11:36	Witness Cross Examination	Romero, Jason	Lehman, Brian	In Person
02:24:35	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Romero, Jason	Lehman, Brian	In Person
00:27:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Lehman, Brian	In Person
00:31:42	Witness Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Perkins, Noah	Video Recording
01:02:18	Break
01:21:24	General Case Activities	Petru, Anthony
01:22:07	Witness Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Perkins, Noah	Video Recording
02:33:30	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Perkins, Noah	Video Recording
00:27:35	General Case Activities	Petru, Anthony
00:29:02	Witness Direct Examination	Paiva, Kristin	Quintero, Jesus "Nacho"	In Person
01:00:40	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Petru, Anthony	Quintero, Jesus "Nacho"	In Person
		00:59:25	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Petru, Anthony	Quintero, Jesus "Nacho"	In Person
00:10:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Paiva, Kristin	Quintero, Jesus "Nacho"	In Person
00:24:13	General Case Activities	Paiva, Kristin
00:29:40	Witness Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Heikkila, Brian	In Person
01:22:38	Break
01:42:57	Witness Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Heikkila, Brian	In Person
02:28:15	Witness Cross Examination	Petru, Anthony	Heikkila, Brian	In Person
02:58:28	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Petru, Anthony	Heikkila, Brian	In Person
00:31:12	Break
01:15:40	Witness Cross Examination	Petru, Anthony	Heikkila, Brian	In Person
01:47:10	General Case Activities	Thorpe, William
01:49:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thorpe, William	Heikkila, Brian	In Person
02:26:34	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:53	Closing Statement	Petru, Anthony
01:13:28	Break
01:35:08	Closing Statement	Petru, Anthony
02:29:00	End of Session

PM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Petru, Anthony
00:11:25	Closing Statement	Thorpe, William
00:52:00	General Case Activities
01:19:16	Break
01:39:57	Closing Statement	Thorpe, William
02:05:50	Closing Statement	Petru, Anthony
02:44:45	General Case Activities
02:51:32	General Case Activities
02:53:43	End of Session

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:04:41	General Case Activities
		00:07:30	End of Session

MAY

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Tina Wilcox v. BNSF Railway Company

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SESSIONS WITH Kevin Nichols

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