Zuhey Cobos v. JMR & CLS Inc

Summary

A Nevada state court jury slapped truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp. and a local towing company with a $3.38 million verdict in a products liability lawsuit filed by a woman injured after a tow truck parked at a gas station rolled down an incline onto a busy street.

Outcome

75% Navistar
25% Tri-State Towing

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Cobos, Zuhey
Defense: JMR & CLS Inc
Navistar, Inc.
Verdict: $3,382,000

Judge: Joanna Kishner
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Regional Justice Center

Case Number: A-15-724639-C
Industry: Transportation, Trucking
Practice Area: Transportation, Products Liability, Negligence

Plaintiff

Cobos, Zuhey

Represented By:
Harding, Samuel (Claggett & Sykes Law Firm )
Claggett, Sean (Claggett & Sykes Law Firm )

Defense

JMR & CLS Inc

Represented By:
Park, Gordon (McCormick Barstow LLP)

Defense

Navistar, Inc.

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:51:00	Opening Statement	Harding, Samuel
02:00:52	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

16 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Park, Gordon
00:43:25	Break
01:04:58	Opening Statement	Rodman, Daniel
02:09:27	Break
02:26:30	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Lang, Darren	Video Conference
02:31:37	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Lang, Darren	Video Conference
02:39:33	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Lang, Darren	Video Conference
02:44:21	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Campbell, Clinton	In Person
02:57:14	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Campbell, Clinton	In Person
03:04:06	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Campbell, Clinton	In Person
03:09:22	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Malle, Frank	In Person
03:18:09	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Malle, Frank	In Person
03:28:11	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Malle, Frank	In Person
03:45:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Malle, Frank	In Person
03:48:38	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Malle, Frank	In Person
03:49:11	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Zeitlow, Roy	In Person
		01:10:10	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Liu, Dr. Xin MD	In Person
00:31:07	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Liu, Dr. Xin MD	In Person
00:48:25	Witness Cross Examination	Petrelli, Morgan	Liu, Dr. Xin MD	In Person
01:02:26	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Liu, Dr. Xin MD	In Person
01:06:42	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Liu, Dr. Xin MD	In Person
01:08:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Liu, Dr. Xin MD	In Person
01:12:07	General Case Activities		Liu, Dr. Xin MD	In Person
01:15:17	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Zeitlow, Roy	In Person
01:46:42	Break
02:03:21	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Zeitlow, Roy	In Person
02:34:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Zeitlow, Roy	In Person
02:44:42	General Case Activities		Zeitlow, Roy	In Person
02:50:31	End of Session

MAY

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
		00:56:07	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Owen, Dr. Richard DC	In Person
00:59:33	Witness Cross Examination	Petrelli, Morgan	Owen, Dr. Richard DC	In Person
01:16:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Owen, Dr. Richard DC	In Person
01:22:41	Break
01:35:30	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Leon, Dr. Raimundo MD	In Person
02:14:29	Break
02:29:39	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Leon, Dr. Raimundo MD	In Person
02:43:03	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Leon, Dr. Raimundo MD	In Person
02:48:39	Witness Cross Examination	Petrelli, Morgan	Leon, Dr. Raimundo MD	In Person
02:57:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Leon, Dr. Raimundo MD	In Person
03:05:46	General Case Activities		Leon, Dr. Raimundo MD	In Person
03:07:59	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Park, Gordon	DiMarco, Dawn	In Person
00:08:26	Break
00:20:54	Witness Direct Examination	Park, Gordon	DiMarco, Dawn	In Person
00:30:52	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	DiMarco, Dawn	In Person
00:41:15	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Jeffers, Shannon	In Person
00:09:40	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Zempel, Dennis	In Person
00:17:26	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Gainey, Laurie	In Person
00:29:40	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Gainey, Laurie	In Person
00:30:31	Break
01:20:50	General Case Activities
01:22:29	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Zempel, Bailey	In Person
01:34:28	Witness Direct Examination	Park, Gordon	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
02:19:57	Break
02:32:11	Witness Direct Examination	Park, Gordon	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
02:35:05	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Perea, Lizbeth	In Person
00:03:53	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Balduini, Dr. Frederick MD	Video Recording
01:07:14	Break
01:26:53	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Crovetti, Dr. Michael DO	In Person
01:51:43	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Crovetti, Dr. Michael DO	Transcript Reading
00:38:47	Witness Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Cobos, Zuhey	In Person
01:25:25	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Cobos, Zuhey	Other
01:31:03	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Cobos, Zuhey	In Person
02:06:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Claggett, Sean	Cobos, Zuhey	In Person
02:09:16	Break
02:11:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Park, Gordon	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
02:27:18	Witness Direct Examination	Park, Gordon	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
02:50:21	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
03:09:02	Witness Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
03:20:04	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
03:20:37	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Leiss, Peter P.E.	In Person
03:21:47	General Case Activities
03:29:17	End of Session

MAY

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Park, Gordon	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
00:35:04	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
01:01:24	Break
01:15:30	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
02:08:43	Witness Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
02:43:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
02:44:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Park, Gordon	Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
02:45:13	General Case Activities		Rubbico, James 'Jim'	In Person
03:01:11	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination		Rubbico, James 'Jim'	Video Recording
00:50:25	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Hinger, John	In Person
01:49:57	Witness Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Hinger, John	In Person
02:37:06	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Hinger, John	In Person
02:49:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Hinger, John	In Person
02:57:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Hinger, John	In Person
03:03:47	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Hinger, John	In Person
03:06:03	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
		00:28:05	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
01:21:57	Break
02:11:58	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
02:28:04	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Harding, Samuel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
		01:43:36	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
00:28:38	Witness Cross Examination	Harding, Samuel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
00:45:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Raphael, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
00:53:48	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Allison, Dr. Donald PhD	In Person
02:13:44	Break
02:46:12	Witness Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Allison, Dr. Donald PhD	In Person
02:56:08	Witness Cross Examination	Claggett, Sean	Allison, Dr. Donald PhD	In Person
03:21:10	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Allison, Dr. Donald PhD	In Person
00:53:33	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Allison, Dr. Donald PhD	In Person
01:09:37	General Case Activities
01:11:09	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

MAY

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Zuhey Cobos v. JMR & CLS Inc

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:15	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Gowhari, Dr. Daniel DO	In Person
00:33:17	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Gowhari, Dr. Daniel DO	In Person
00:42:35	Witness Cross Examination	Petrelli, Morgan	Gowhari, Dr. Daniel DO	In Person
01:00:01	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Agle, Bruce	In Person
01:16:35	Break
01:47:59	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Agle, Bruce	In Person
02:07:56	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Agle, Bruce	In Person
02:17:38	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Agle, Bruce	In Person
02:19:19	Witness Cross Examination	Rodman, Daniel	Stapleford, Michael	In Person
02:29:48	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Gordon	Stapleford, Michael	In Person
02:41:21	Break
02:55:07	Witness Direct Examination	Harding, Samuel	Wali, Haydee	In Person
03:05:25	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:21:46	Closing Statement	Claggett, Sean
00:32:33	Break
00:52:09	Closing Statement	Claggett, Sean
01:39:49	End of Session