Commercial Consult. v. BBA US

Summary

In this Aviation industry business litigation proceeding, plaintiff Commercial Consultants LLC alleged BBA U.S. Holdings Inc. of breach of contract and not paying the plaintiff its commission or success fee for its role in initiating and facilitating the acquisition of an aviation company by the defendant.

The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Jack Scarola and William King. The defendant in this case, BBA U.S. Holdings Inc. was represented by attorney Michael Levin.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Commercial Consultants, LLC
Defense: BBA U.S. Holdings Inc.
Verdict: $2,175,000

Judge: Thomas Smith
Jurisdiction: 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Court: Orange County Courthouse

Case Number: 2008-CA-034211-O
Industry: Aviation
Practice Area: Commercial Law

Plaintiff

Commercial Consultants, LLC

Defense

BBA U.S. Holdings Inc.

Represented By:
Levin, Michael (Baker Hostetler )

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:05	General Case Activities
00:14:23	Opening Statement	King, William
01:51:01	Break
02:04:23	Opening Statement	Levin, Michael
02:46:18	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:04	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
01:23:53	General Case Activities
01:31:00	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
01:35:10	General Case Activities
01:37:50	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
01:41:15	General Case Activities	Levin, Michael	Daddis, Nick	In Person
01:46:57	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
02:02:26	Break
02:16:46	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
03:37:00	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:04	Witness Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Boekenkamp, Mr. Gary	In Person
00:24:39	Witness Cross Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Boekenkamp, Mr. Gary	In Person
00:48:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Boekenkamp, Mr. Gary	In Person
00:50:50	Witness Direct Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Brinson, Mr. David	In Person
01:03:15	General Case Activities	Levin, Michael	Brinson, Mr. David	In Person
01:04:19	General Case Activities
01:09:52	General Case Activities	Levin, Michael	Brinson, Mr. David	In Person
01:13:07	Witness Direct Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Brinson, Mr. David	In Person
01:40:50	Break
01:49:30	Witness Cross Examination	Levin, Michael	Brinson, Mr. David	In Person
02:52:22	General Case Activities
02:56:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Brinson, Mr. David	In Person
02:59:10	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Levin, Michael	Brinson, Mr. David	In Person
03:06:26	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:03	Witness Cross Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Murrer, Gregory	In Person
00:08:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Murrer, Gregory	In Person
00:14:19	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Dennis, Steve	In Person
00:59:51	Break
01:11:24	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Dennis, Steve	In Person
01:25:38	General Case Activities
01:26:24	Witness Cross Examination	Levin, Michael	Dennis, Steve	In Person
02:10:55	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	Witness Cross Examination	Levin, Michael	Dennis, Steve	In Person
00:29:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	King, William	Dennis, Steve	In Person
00:31:03	General Case Activities
00:33:50	General Case Activities
00:35:58	Witness Cross Examination	Levin, Michael	Daddis, Nick	In Person
01:33:05	Break
01:41:50	Witness Cross Examination	Levin, Michael	Daddis, Nick	In Person
02:57:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
03:31:47	General Case Activities		Daddis, Nick	In Person
03:35:32	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	Witness Direct Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Van Allen, Bruce	Video Recording
00:34:20	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Van Allen, Bruce	Video Recording
00:47:20	General Case Activities
00:55:23	Witness Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Heskins, Elizabeth	In Person
01:24:12	General Case Activities
01:27:23	Break
01:39:07	Witness Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Heskins, Elizabeth	In Person
01:48:03	Witness Cross Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Heskins, Elizabeth	In Person
02:09:49	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Heskins, Elizabeth	In Person
02:13:09	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Heskins, Elizabeth	In Person
02:13:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Heskins, Elizabeth	In Person
02:14:30	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:08	Witness Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Chambers, Mark	Video Recording
01:28:38	Break
01:40:35	Witness Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Daddis, Nick	Transcript Reading
01:45:00	Witness Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Showalter, Robert	Other
02:27:06	Witness Cross Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Showalter, Robert	In Person
03:09:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Levin, Michael	Showalter, Robert	In Person
03:18:48	General Case Activities
03:21:10	General Case Activities	Scarola, John "Jack"	Daddis, Nick	In Person
03:23:49	Witness Cross Examination	Levin, Michael	Daddis, Nick	In Person
03:24:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Daddis, Nick	In Person
03:26:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Levin, Michael	Daddis, Nick	In Person
03:27:32	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

NOV

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Commercial Consult. v. BBA US

Summary

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
00:35:57	General Case Activities	Levin, Michael	Daddis, Nick	In Person
00:37:14	General Case Activities
00:37:54	General Case Activities	Levin, Michael	Daddis, Nick	In Person
00:38:20	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
01:38:07	General Case Activities
01:39:50	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
01:48:56	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:02	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
00:43:03	Break
01:00:45	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
01:53:05	General Case Activities
01:54:24	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
02:03:41	General Case Activities
02:08:30	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Daddis, Nick	In Person
02:29:04	General Case Activities
02:31:40	General Case Activities
02:32:17	General Case Activities
02:35:42	General Case Activities
02:36:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:02	General Case Activities
00:04:25	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Lee, Steven	Video Recording
01:36:40	General Case Activities
01:37:07	General Case Activities
01:38:07	General Case Activities
01:40:13	Witness Direct Examination	King, William	Lee, Steven	Video Recording
01:48:24	Break
01:59:32	Witness Direct Examination	Scarola, John "Jack"	Van Allen, Bruce	In Person
02:49:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:24:40	Closing Statement	Scarola, John "Jack"
01:24:40	Break
01:36:05	Closing Statement	Levin, Michael
03:06:20	Closing Statement	Scarola, John "Jack"
03:37:49	General Case Activities
03:45:31	End of Session
03:33:39	General Case Activities

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:05	General Case Activities
		00:00:45	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:03	General Case Activities
		00:04:41	End of Session