Cavalier v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this tobacco liability case, Ann Cavalier claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, causing the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Thomas Cavalier.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Cavalier, Ann
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Judge: Meenu Sasser
Jurisdiction: 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Palm Beach County Courthouse

Case Number: 2007-CA-023832
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco, Products Liability

Plaintiff

Cavalier, Ann

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Persons, W. Ray (King & Spalding, LLP (Atlanta))
Hohnbaum, Cory (King & Spalding, LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

15 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:34:28	Break
01:26:53	Opening Statement	Acosta, Howard
01:58:55	General Case Activities
02:01:12	Break
02:07:03	General Case Activities
02:08:08	Opening Statement	Acosta, Howard
02:41:47	Opening Statement	Chestnut, Christopher
02:59:52	Break
03:06:03	General Case Activities
03:08:24	Opening Statement	Chestnut, Christopher
03:43:40	Break
03:52:29	Opening Statement	Gary, Willie
05:05:43	General Case Activities
05:08:36	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

NOV

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

15 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

15 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

19 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

NOV

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:16	Witness Direct Examination	Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
01:06:09	General Case Activities
01:08:10	Break
01:14:42	General Case Activities
01:16:32	Witness Direct Examination	Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
02:19:50	General Case Activities
02:20:46	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:40	Witness Direct Examination	Chestnut, Christopher	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:38:38	Break
01:54:04	Witness Direct Examination	Chestnut, Christopher	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
02:18:43	Break
02:27:15	Witness Cross Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
03:20:37	General Case Activities
03:32:04	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:16	Witness Cross Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
00:57:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Chestnut, Christopher	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:22:02	Break
01:30:48	General Case Activities
01:32:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Chestnut, Christopher	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:52:47	General Case Activities		Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:56:39	Break
02:11:46	General Case Activities
02:19:06	Witness Direct Examination		Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
03:35:13	General Case Activities
03:39:19	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:29	Witness Direct Examination	Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
02:02:12	Break
02:28:02	Witness Direct Examination	Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
02:33:33	Break
03:48:41	Witness Direct Examination	Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
04:36:02	General Case Activities
04:38:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:06	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:32:53	Break
01:45:21	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:31:17	General Case Activities
02:35:02	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:08:31	Break
03:17:28	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:37:26	General Case Activities
03:38:38	End of Session

Cavalier v. R.J. Reynolds

Summary

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:58	Break
00:09:48	General Case Activities
00:15:35	Opening Statement	Persons, W. Ray
01:51:51	General Case Activities
01:57:41	Break
02:05:19	Opening Statement	Hohnbaum, Cory
02:52:12	General Case Activities
02:56:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:20:51	Witness Direct Examination	Chestnut, Christopher	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:27:22	General Case Activities
01:29:31	Break
01:39:55	General Case Activities
01:42:45	Witness Direct Examination	Chestnut, Christopher	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
03:49:24	General Case Activities
03:52:06	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:33	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:46:09	Break
01:55:02	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:15:03	General Case Activities
03:16:46	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:18	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:25:26	Break
00:36:32	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:48:42	Break
02:04:07	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:22:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:40:58	General Case Activities
03:42:57	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:03	Witness Direct Examination		Cohen, Dr. Peter	Transcript Reading
01:33:47	Break
01:47:30	Witness Direct Examination		Cohen, Dr. Peter	Transcript Reading
01:51:55	Witness Direct Examination	Gary, Willie	Fanali, Sheryll	In Person
02:30:57	Break
02:42:09	Witness Direct Examination	Gary, Willie	Fanali, Sheryll	In Person
03:34:46	General Case Activities
03:37:11	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:09:12	Witness Cross Examination	Schneider, Bethany	Fanali, Sheryll	In Person
00:50:07	General Case Activities
00:53:29	Break
01:03:32	General Case Activities
01:10:53	Witness Cross Examination	Schneider, Bethany	Fanali, Sheryll	In Person
01:36:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gary, Willie	Fanali, Sheryll	In Person
01:39:22	General Case Activities
01:53:45	Break
02:08:18	Witness Direct Examination		Cavalier, Ann	Transcript Reading
02:42:14	Break
02:51:32	Witness Direct Examination	Sperando, Maria	Cavalier, Jeanne	In Person
03:27:07	Witness Cross Examination	Schneider, Bethany	Cavalier, Jeanne	In Person
03:33:40	General Case Activities
03:41:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:21	Witness Cross Examination	Schneider, Bethany	Cavalier, Jeanne	In Person
00:46:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Sperando, Maria	Cavalier, Jeanne	In Person
00:54:11	General Case Activities
00:59:16	Break
01:08:13	General Case Activities		Cavalier, Jeanne	In Person
01:14:22	Witness Direct Examination		Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:27:01	Break
02:47:13	Witness Direct Examination		Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:41:12	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:18	Witness Direct Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
00:49:18	General Case Activities
01:06:55	Break
01:18:36	General Case Activities
01:21:36	Witness Direct Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:30:17	Break
02:40:49	Witness Direct Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:30:41	Break
03:37:10	Witness Direct Examination	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
05:06:28	General Case Activities
05:10:43	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:18:05	Witness Direct Examination		Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:28:15	Break
01:33:18	General Case Activities
01:44:52	Witness Direct Examination		Pasidento, Joseph	Transcript Reading
02:02:45	Witness Direct Examination	Sperando, Maria	Fanali, Donna	In Person
02:40:07	General Case Activities
02:40:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:28	Witness Direct Examination	Sperando, Maria	Fanali, Donna	In Person
00:05:09	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Fanali, Donna	In Person
00:19:56	General Case Activities
00:26:17	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:13	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Fanali, Donna	In Person
00:58:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:23	Break
00:15:34	General Case Activities
00:19:08	Witness Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Barnett, Dr. Debra M.D.	In Person
01:35:05	General Case Activities
01:38:59	Break
01:51:52	General Case Activities
01:59:46	Witness Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Barnett, Dr. Debra M.D.	In Person
02:17:16	Witness Cross Examination	Acosta, Howard	Barnett, Dr. Debra M.D.	In Person
02:51:34	Break
03:02:14	General Case Activities
03:04:54	Witness Cross Examination	Acosta, Howard	Barnett, Dr. Debra M.D.	In Person
03:30:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hohnbaum, Cory	Barnett, Dr. Debra M.D.	In Person
03:35:17	General Case Activities
03:43:49	Break
03:46:22	General Case Activities
04:09:17	Closing Statement	Chestnut, Christopher
04:58:58	General Case Activities
04:59:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:13:30	Closing Statement	Acosta, Howard
01:01:50	Closing Statement	Gary, Willie
01:27:55	Break
01:34:47	General Case Activities
01:36:39	Closing Statement	Gary, Willie
02:15:40	Break
02:31:41	Closing Statement	Persons, W. Ray
03:50:18	Break
03:56:16	General Case Activities
04:11:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:21	Closing Statement	Hohnbaum, Cory
00:41:31	Closing Statement	Persons, W. Ray
01:48:49	Break
02:00:45	General Case Activities
02:07:44	Closing Statement	Chestnut, Christopher
02:30:24	General Case Activities
02:46:58	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:01:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:21	General Case Activities
		00:05:40	End of Session