William Trokey, et al. v. A.W. Chesterton Company, et al.

Summary

Jury trial in asbestos exposure lawsuit.

Outcome

$10 million - William Trokey

$10 million - Cathy Trokey

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Trokey, William
Defense: A.W. Chesterton Company
Verdict: $20,000,000

Judge: Christopher McGraugh
Jurisdiction: 22nd Judicial Circuit of Missouri
Court: Civil Courts Building

Case Number: 2022-CC10164
Industry: Automotive
Practice Area: Asbestos, Products Liability

Plaintiff

Trokey, William

Defense

A.W. Chesterton Company

Represented By:
Polk, Janika (Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC )
Cantrell, Brita (McAfee & Taft, PC)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:48:15	General Case Activities
00:57:10	Opening Statement	Blouin, Daniel
02:04:01	Opening Statement	Polk, Janika
03:03:28	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:10:05	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Post, Rebecca	In Person
00:49:29	Witness Direct Examination	Proud, Philip	Trokey, William Jr.	In Person
01:11:42	Break
01:43:15	Witness Direct Examination		Fyie, Matthew	Video Recording
03:05:48	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:49:15	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
02:03:58	Break
02:31:27	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
03:15:47	Witness Cross Examination	Cantrell, Brita	Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
03:48:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Brody, Dr. Arnold	In Person
04:09:27	General Case Activities	Blouin, Daniel
04:13:18	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:34:15	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Trokey, William Sr.	In Person
01:12:09	Witness Cross Examination	Polk, Janika	Trokey, William Sr.	In Person
02:07:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Trokey, William Sr.	In Person
02:14:42	Break
02:23:53	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Fyie, Matthew	In Person
02:58:05	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:31:40	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Markowitz, Dr. Gerald PhD	In Person
01:50:30	Break
02:12:14	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Markowitz, Dr. Gerald PhD	In Person
02:37:38	Witness Cross Examination	Polk, Janika	Markowitz, Dr. Gerald PhD	In Person
03:40:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Markowitz, Dr. Gerald PhD	In Person
03:53:21	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:13:58	Witness Direct Examination		Garza, Kenneth	In Person
01:18:10	Break
01:37:42	General Case Activities
01:38:40	Witness Cross Examination	Polk, Janika	Garza, Kenneth	In Person
02:30:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination		Garza, Kenneth	In Person
02:32:58	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Polk, Janika	Garza, Kenneth	In Person
02:34:42	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Fyie, Matthew	Video Recording
03:20:57	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:41:00	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Cohen, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
01:56:19	Break
02:42:19	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Cohen, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
02:43:49	Witness Cross Examination	Polk, Janika	Cohen, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
03:07:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Cohen, Dr. Richard M.D.	In Person
03:16:09	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:05:09	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Kanarek, Dr. Marty PhD, MPH	In Person
01:15:24	Break
01:35:38	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Kanarek, Dr. Marty PhD, MPH	In Person
02:31:40	Witness Cross Examination	Polk, Janika	Kanarek, Dr. Marty PhD, MPH	In Person
03:27:14	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:25:10	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Williams, Jeffrey	Transcript Reading
		01:37:46	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:19:30	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Wabeke, Mr. Roger	Video Recording
01:35:00	General Case Activities
02:04:20	General Case Activities	Blouin, Daniel
02:07:55	General Case Activities	Cantrell, Brita
02:08:37	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Roslinski, Larry	Video Recording
02:45:10	General Case Activities	Blouin, Daniel
02:47:10	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Colella, Dr. Mark M.D.	Video Recording
03:19:40	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:35:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Fyie, Matthew	Video Recording
01:05:59	General Case Activities	Blouin, Daniel
01:07:28	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Trokey, Kathy	In Person
02:01:32	Break
02:19:19	Witness Direct Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Trokey, Kathy	In Person
02:50:56	Witness Cross Examination	Cantrell, Brita	Trokey, Kathy	In Person
02:52:55	General Case Activities	Blouin, Daniel
02:56:24	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		02:51:40	Witness Direct Examination	Cantrell, Brita	Oury, Dr. Tim M.D.	Video Recording
		03:43:44	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:26:45	General Case Activities
00:28:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cantrell, Brita	Oury, Dr. Tim M.D.	Video Recording
01:36:02	Break
01:56:12	Witness Cross Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Oury, Dr. Tim M.D.	Video Recording
02:54:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cantrell, Brita	Oury, Dr. Tim M.D.	Video Recording
02:55:17	Witness Direct Examination	Polk, Janika	Gaffney, Dr. Shannon Ph.D.	In Person
03:39:55	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:24:03	Witness Direct Examination	Polk, Janika	Gaffney, Dr. Shannon Ph.D.	In Person
00:49:37	Witness Cross Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Gaffney, Dr. Shannon Ph.D.	In Person
02:05:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Polk, Janika	Gaffney, Dr. Shannon Ph.D.	In Person
02:13:52	Break
02:36:24	Witness Direct Examination	Polk, Janika	Alexander , Dr. Dominik Ph.D., M.S.P.H.	In Person
03:28:30	Witness Cross Examination	Blouin, Daniel	Alexander , Dr. Dominik Ph.D., M.S.P.H.	In Person
04:30:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Polk, Janika	Alexander , Dr. Dominik Ph.D., M.S.P.H.	In Person
04:36:08	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

MAR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

William Trokey, et al. v. A.W. Chesterton Company, et al.

Summary

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Sessions

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Video Library

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:11:40	General Case Activities	Blouin, Daniel
		00:33:02	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination		Fyie, Matthew	Video Recording
		02:09:38	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
01:15:30	General Case Activities
01:17:30	General Case Activities
01:27:10	Closing Statement	Blouin, Daniel
02:26:45	Break
02:34:29	Closing Statement	Polk, Janika
03:44:14	Closing Statement	Blouin, Daniel
04:11:55	General Case Activities
04:13:33	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:08:42	Reading of the Verdict
		00:12:00	General Case Activities
		00:14:21	General Case Activities
		00:21:52	End of Session