Haliburton v R.J. Reynolds

Summary

In this Engle progeny case, plaintiff Dorothy Haliburton claims that defendant R.J. Reynolds concealed the dangers of smoking while furthering the addiction of Andrew Haliburton, which caused his smoking-related respiratory disease.

Outcome

The defense prevailed after the jury determined that Andrew Haliburton suffered from COPD prior to May 5, 1990, and that he should have known that the disease was likely caused by his smoking.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Haliburton, Dorothy
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

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

Case Number: 502008CA000703
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Negligence, Products Liability

Plaintiff

Haliburton, Dorothy

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:59	Break
00:23:44	General Case Activities
00:27:35	General Case Activities
00:44:41	Opening Statement	Acosta, Howard
02:30:52	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Guest, Nathan	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
00:39:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:10:02	Break
01:26:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:42:13	General Case Activities
01:43:04	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
		01:35:52	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:43:57	Break
01:02:00	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:08:18	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:59:13	Break
01:15:38	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:50:05	Break
02:02:08	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:08:03	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Franklin, Harold	Haywood, Tracy Lee	In Person
00:32:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Watson, Donald	Haywood, Tracy Lee	In Person
00:37:40	General Case Activities		Haywood, Tracy Lee	In Person
00:38:30	Witness Direct Examination	Gary, Willie	Haliburton, Dorothy	In Person
01:09:24	Break
01:16:20	Witness Direct Examination	Gary, Willie	Haliburton, Dorothy	In Person
01:39:04	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gary, Willie	Haliburton, Dorothy	In Person
00:25:24	Witness Cross Examination	Franklin, Harold	Haliburton, Dorothy	In Person
02:25:51	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gary, Willie	Haliburton, Dorothy	In Person
02:35:35	General Case Activities		Haliburton, Dorothy	In Person
02:39:20	Break
03:01:02	General Case Activities	Watson, Donald
03:02:09	General Case Activities
03:12:55	Witness Direct Examination	Guest, Nathan	Cosmo, Dr. Leonard M.D.	In Person
04:00:44	General Case Activities
04:06:47	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Guest, Nathan	Cosmo, Dr. Leonard M.D.	In Person
00:24:12	Witness Cross Examination	Chestnut, Christopher	Cosmo, Dr. Leonard M.D.	In Person
01:00:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Guest, Nathan	Cosmo, Dr. Leonard M.D.	In Person
01:01:37	Break
01:20:35	Witness Direct Examination	Franklin, Harold	Hamilton, Lucious	Transcript Reading
02:20:52	Witness Direct Examination	Franklin, Harold	Miller, Jerry	Transcript Reading
03:07:02	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Other

7 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

6 Chapters

DEC

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Haliburton v R.J. Reynolds

Summary

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Sessions

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Video Library

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:37	Opening Statement	Gary, Willie
00:48:48	General Case Activities
00:49:08	Break
01:05:24	Opening Statement	Persons, W. Ray
02:29:07	General Case Activities
02:35:17	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:26	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:09:45	Break
01:24:32	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
02:25:11	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:04	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
01:31:09	General Case Activities
01:31:25	Break
01:48:52	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
02:19:25	Witness Cross Examination	Guest, Nathan	Feingold, Dr. Allan MD	In Person
03:16:25	General Case Activities
03:20:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:30	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
01:18:47	Break
01:38:44	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
02:12:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:31	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:11:35	Break
01:26:03	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:57:13	Break
03:08:11	General Case Activities
03:09:54	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:56	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:00:32	Break
01:14:45	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:57:01	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:25:34	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:28	Witness Cross Examination	Persons, W. Ray	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:20:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:01:54	Break
01:16:31	General Case Activities
01:22:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:37:12	General Case Activities		Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:42:07	Witness Direct Examination	Watson, Donald	Wilson, Dorothy	In Person
02:15:18	General Case Activities
02:16:17	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:26	Witness Direct Examination	Acosta, Howard	Benowitz, Dr. Neal , M.D.	Video Recording
00:58:32	General Case Activities
00:59:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:20:57	Closing Statement	Acosta, Howard
01:32:02	Break
01:45:15	Closing Statement	Gary, Willie
03:11:54	General Case Activities
03:17:11	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:04:43	General Case Activities
		00:09:01	General Case Activities
		00:10:05	Break
		00:11:59	General Case Activities
		00:13:30	General Case Activities
		00:14:10	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:19	Reading of the Verdict
		00:01:44	General Case Activities
		00:02:25	General Case Activities
		00:06:17	General Case Activities
		00:07:07	End of Session