Virginia Williams v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff Virginia Williams (personal representative of the estate of Milton Williams) alleged R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co of fraudulent concealment of dangers of smoking cigarettes manufactured by the company which got her husband Milton Williams addicted to smoking and of being liable of manufacturing defective cigarettes which resulted in Mr. Williams death due to Pharyngeal cancer.

The plaintiff was represented by attorneys David Finger and Allan Kaiser. The defendant in this case, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co was represented by attorneys R. Dal Burton and Jack Williams.

Outcome

Total damages: 5 million
Fault:
Williams: 15%
R.J. Reynolds: 85%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Williams, Virginia
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $5,000,000

Judge: Spencer Eig
Jurisdiction: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Dade County Courthouse

Case Number: 2011-26313-CA-01
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Williams, Virginia

Represented By:
Finger, David (Ferraro Law Firm (Miami))
Kaiser, Allan (Ferraro Law Firm (Miami))

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Burton, R. Dal (Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP)
Williams, Jack (Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:30:12	General Case Activities
		00:31:59	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

11 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

19 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

15 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

13 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Closings

10 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

6 Chapters

DEC

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:26	Opening Statement	Kaiser, Allan
01:27:35	Break
02:10:40	Opening Statement	Burton, R. Dal
03:22:58	General Case Activities
03:24:49	Break
03:38:51	General Case Activities
03:39:10	Witness Direct Examination	Finger, David	Denton, Pamela	In Person
04:24:17	General Case Activities
04:26:36	General Case Activities
04:32:44	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:01:32	Break
00:02:11	General Case Activities
00:12:49	Break
00:21:16	General Case Activities
00:21:49	Witness Cross Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Denton, Pamela	In Person
01:00:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Finger, David	Denton, Pamela	In Person
01:07:10	General Case Activities
01:07:43	Break
01:14:44	General Case Activities
01:20:01	General Case Activities
01:20:41	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:59:06	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
02:26:02	Break
02:42:27	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
03:07:21	General Case Activities
03:08:30	General Case Activities
03:09:27	General Case Activities
03:10:39	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:17	Break
00:01:33	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
00:16:12	Break
00:36:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Goldman, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
00:43:41	General Case Activities
00:44:30	General Case Activities
00:46:41	Break
01:06:56	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Goodwin, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
01:26:38	Witness Cross Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Goodwin, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
02:15:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Goodwin, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
02:19:22	General Case Activities
02:21:08	General Case Activities
02:33:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:37:25	Break
00:59:39	General Case Activities
02:14:48	Break
02:15:20	General Case Activities
02:15:56	Break
02:17:56	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:49:42	General Case Activities
02:54:04	General Case Activities
02:55:39	General Case Activities
02:57:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:08	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:01:37	Break
01:26:49	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:38:44	Break
02:56:08	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:32:34	Break
03:33:26	General Case Activities
03:34:44	General Case Activities
03:36:42	End of Session

Virginia Williams v. R.J. Reynolds

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:14:49	Break
00:51:26	General Case Activities
00:57:08	Break
01:00:48	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:32:31	Break
01:40:15	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:03:20	General Case Activities
02:04:17	General Case Activities
02:08:09	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:22	Break
00:19:34	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:22:04	Break
01:42:46	General Case Activities
01:44:45	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:11:51	Break
03:19:03	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:23:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:40:34	General Case Activities
03:40:44	General Case Activities
03:41:44	General Case Activities
03:46:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:45	Break
00:27:51	General Case Activities
00:28:48	Witness Direct Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Williams, Virginia	In Person
01:13:51	Break
01:30:18	Witness Direct Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Williams, Virginia	In Person
01:35:02	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Williams, Virginia	In Person
02:16:46	General Case Activities
02:21:10	General Case Activities
02:23:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:29:53	Witness Cross Examination	Williams, Jack	Williams, Virginia	In Person
00:34:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Williams, Virginia	In Person
00:41:34	General Case Activities
00:43:14	Break
00:45:13	General Case Activities
00:54:33	General Case Activities
00:54:56	General Case Activities
00:55:07	General Case Activities
00:56:59	General Case Activities
01:16:26	Break
01:27:02	General Case Activities
02:14:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:58	Break
00:41:58	General Case Activities
00:45:03	Witness Direct Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Williams, Janis	Transcript Reading
01:05:09	Witness Direct Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
01:39:38	General Case Activities
01:41:06	Break
01:53:36	Witness Direct Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
02:05:04	Break
02:11:40	General Case Activities
02:13:18	General Case Activities
02:13:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:54	Break
00:21:01	Witness Direct Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
01:06:05	Break
01:23:04	Witness Cross Examination	Finger, David	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
02:24:11	Break
02:34:41	General Case Activities
03:01:29	Witness Cross Examination	Finger, David	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
03:35:31	Break
03:47:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
03:59:20	General Case Activities
03:59:31	General Case Activities
03:59:52	General Case Activities
04:01:24	General Case Activities
04:35:15	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:36	Break
00:19:15	General Case Activities
00:19:41	Break
00:21:55	General Case Activities
00:22:29	Break
00:25:49	Witness Direct Examination	Finger, David	Gomen-Fernandez, Dr. Carmen M.D.	In Person
00:52:40	Witness Cross Examination	Burton, R. Dal	Gomen-Fernandez, Dr. Carmen M.D.	In Person
01:06:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Finger, David	Gomen-Fernandez, Dr. Carmen M.D.	In Person
01:08:15	General Case Activities
01:08:24	General Case Activities
01:10:04	General Case Activities
01:14:48	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:10	Break
00:22:15	General Case Activities
00:30:32	General Case Activities
00:53:15	Closing Statement	Finger, David
01:53:51	Break
02:11:42	Closing Statement	Finger, David
02:52:56	Closing Statement	Williams, Jack
03:50:15	General Case Activities
03:50:56	General Case Activities
03:52:20	Break
03:57:14	General Case Activities
03:58:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:11:40	General Case Activities
00:22:30	General Case Activities
00:23:00	Closing Statement	Burton, R. Dal
00:47:11	Break
01:06:56	General Case Activities
01:15:36	Closing Statement	Burton, R. Dal
01:33:18	Closing Statement	Kaiser, Allan
01:48:51	General Case Activities
01:59:18	General Case Activities
02:04:10	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:50	General Case Activities
		00:02:50	Reading of the Verdict
		00:06:03	General Case Activities
		00:08:53	General Case Activities
		00:09:41	End of Session