Martin v. Philip Morris, et al.

Summary

In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette makers caused the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Carole Martin, by concealing the dangers of smoking.

Outcome

$5,411,120.47 - damages
$650,000 - punitive

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Martin, Stanley
Defense: Philip Morris USA, Inc.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $6,061,120

Judge: John Murphy
Jurisdiction: 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Judicial Complex

Case Number: 2007-CV-036440
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco, Products Liability, Negligence

Plaintiff

Martin, Stanley

Defense

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Represented By:
Geraghty, William "Bill" (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
Brenner, Andrew (Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP)

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Henninger, Ursula (King & Spalding, LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:35	General Case Activities
00:21:57	Opening Statement	Rosen, Eric
01:22:04	Break
01:33:48	General Case Activities
01:35:42	Opening Statement	Geraghty, William "Bill"
02:38:30	Opening Statement	Henninger, Ursula
03:12:22	General Case Activities
03:14:05	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:21:37	Break
01:34:18	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:52:50	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Toll, Dr. Benjamin Ph.D.	In Person
00:07:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Toll, Dr. Benjamin Ph.D.	In Person
00:27:40	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
01:46:34	Break
01:59:16	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
02:43:44	Witness Cross Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
03:04:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	In Person
03:14:05	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Martin, Stanley	In Person
01:14:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McPharlin, Todd	Martin, Stanley	In Person
01:24:36	Break
01:37:12	Witness Direct Examination	McPharlin, Todd	Blackman, Sandra	In Person
01:59:55	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Blackman, Sandra	In Person
02:39:41	Witness Cross Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Blackman, Sandra	In Person
02:42:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McPharlin, Todd	Martin, Stanley	In Person
02:51:22	General Case Activities
02:54:05	General Case Activities
02:55:47	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Martin, Kenneth	In Person
00:39:52	Break
00:51:38	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Martin, Kenneth	In Person
01:43:57	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Martin, Kenneth	In Person
01:45:28	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Heimann, Robert	Video Recording
02:13:23	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Tisch, Andrew	Transcript Reading
02:20:34	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Johnston, Donald	Transcript Reading
02:36:24	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Other

6 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

NOV

PM Session

Other

7 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Other

5 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

12 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Openings - Damages

12 Chapters

PM Session

Closings - Damages

15 Chapters

NOV

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Martin v. Philip Morris, et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:46	General Case Activities
00:04:15	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:31:23	Break
03:05:38	General Case Activities	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:07:39	General Case Activities	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:09:01	General Case Activities
03:10:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:56	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
01:13:51	General Case Activities
01:15:32	Break
01:29:42	Witness Cross Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
02:49:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Cummings, Dr. Kenneth "Michael" Ph.D.	In Person
03:22:09	General Case Activities
03:24:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:33:22	Break
00:37:50	General Case Activities	Rosen, Eric
00:42:47	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Henningfield, Dr. Jack , Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:37:40	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:11:18	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Toll, Dr. Benjamin Ph.D.	In Person
01:39:50	Break
01:51:29	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, Andrew	Toll, Dr. Benjamin Ph.D.	In Person
03:11:08	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:06	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Martin, Richard	Transcript Reading
01:31:21	Break
01:46:04	Witness Direct Examination	McPharlin, Todd	Martin, Stanley	In Person
02:37:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:12	General Case Activities
00:03:06	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Johnston, James "Jim"	Transcript Reading
00:17:26	Witness Direct Examination	McPharlin, Todd	Feldman, Dr. Theodore	In Person
01:44:02	General Case Activities
01:47:40	Break
01:59:58	Witness Direct Examination	McPharlin, Todd	Feldman, Dr. Theodore	In Person
02:12:48	Witness Cross Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Feldman, Dr. Theodore	In Person
02:43:04	Break
02:48:29	Witness Cross Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Feldman, Dr. Theodore	In Person
02:53:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McPharlin, Todd	Feldman, Dr. Theodore	In Person
03:01:19	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Horrigan, Edward Jr.	Transcript Reading
03:10:49	General Case Activities
03:13:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:41	Break
00:15:13	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	In Person
01:33:55	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Campbell, William	Transcript Reading
01:42:10	General Case Activities
01:51:13	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:59:29	Break
		01:08:03	General Case Activities
		01:48:38	Break
		01:56:16	General Case Activities
		01:58:17	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:49	Break
00:16:28	General Case Activities
00:46:32	Closing Statement	McPharlin, Todd
01:57:12	Break
02:11:13	General Case Activities
02:12:07	Closing Statement	McPharlin, Todd
03:06:17	General Case Activities
03:06:51	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:16:02	Break
00:19:25	General Case Activities
00:20:10	Break
00:32:42	General Case Activities	Abel, Dr. Howard M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:38:39	General Case Activities
02:40:12	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:10:00	Break
		01:58:10	General Case Activities
		02:27:53	General Case Activities
		02:32:15	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:03:59	Break
		00:08:01	General Case Activities
		00:15:29	Break
		00:27:58	General Case Activities
		00:31:12	Break
		00:48:41	General Case Activities
		00:51:27	Break
		01:06:04	Reading of the Verdict
		01:18:24	Break
		01:20:14	General Case Activities
		01:24:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:26:21	General Case Activities
00:32:44	Opening Statement	Rosen, Eric
00:36:58	Opening Statement	Geraghty, William "Bill"
00:42:53	Opening Statement	Henninger, Ursula
00:52:04	Witness Direct Examination	Rosen, Eric	Raffa, Dr. Frederick PhD	Video Recording
01:07:21	General Case Activities	Rosen, Eric
01:09:51	Break
01:16:09	Witness Direct Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
02:28:38	Witness Cross Examination	McPharlin, Todd	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
03:16:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Geraghty, William "Bill"	Lipowicz, Dr. Peter Ph.D.	In Person
03:21:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:08:14	Witness Direct Examination	Henninger, Ursula	Garner, Charles	In Person
01:25:33	Break
01:39:08	Witness Cross Examination	Rosen, Eric	Garner, Charles	In Person
01:55:13	General Case Activities
01:56:20	General Case Activities
02:01:05	Break
02:04:51	General Case Activities
02:10:26	Closing Statement	Rosen, Eric
02:36:03	Closing Statement	Geraghty, William "Bill"
03:08:33	Closing Statement	Henninger, Ursula
03:23:29	General Case Activities
03:32:44	Closing Statement	Rosen, Eric
03:47:04	General Case Activities
03:50:53	End of Session