Cullom v. Knife River

Summary

In this construction industry employment litigation proceeding, plaintiff Stewart Cullom alleged Knife River Corporation of wrongful termination by laying him off from his concrete pouring position after he had a rotator cuff surgery. The plaintiff claimed that the company could have accommodated him by providing lighter work, but that they failed to do so.

The plaintiff was represented by attorney Galen Shimoda. The defendant in this case, Knife River Corporation was represented by attorney Kerry Krueger.

Outcome

Past Loss of Earnings: 12,000
Non-Economic Damages: 3,000-Past, 0-Future

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Cullom, Stuart
Defense: Knife River Corporation
Verdict: $15,000

Judge: Raymond Cadei
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, Sacramento County
Court: Gordon Schraber Downtown Courthouse

Case Number: 2009-00031902
Industry: Construction
Practice Area: Employment Law, Tort Law

Plaintiff

Cullom, Stuart

Represented By:
Shimoda, Galen (Shimoda Law Corp)

Defense

Knife River Corporation

Represented By:
Krueger, Kerry (Kroloff, Belcher, Smart, Perry & Christopherson)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Shimoda, Galen
00:26:20	Opening Statement	Perry, Thomas
00:54:50	General Case Activities
00:56:25	General Case Activities			Video Recording
01:02:00	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cullom, Stewart	In Person
01:56:25	General Case Activities
01:57:19	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cullom, Stewart	In Person
01:01:03	Witness Cross Examination		Cullom, Stewart	In Person
02:17:58	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cullom, Stewart	In Person
00:07:05	Witness Re-Cross Examination		Cullom, Stewart	In Person
00:11:15	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Lieburger,	In Person
01:40:53	Witness Cross Examination		Lieburger,	In Person
01:54:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Lieburger,	In Person
02:00:57	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cullom, Peggy	In Person
00:08:00	General Case Activities
00:09:55	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cullom, Peggy	In Person
00:41:30	Witness Cross Examination		Cullom, Peggy	In Person
01:12:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cullom, Peggy	In Person
01:23:20	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Kevin,	In Person
01:35:30	Witness Cross Examination	Krueger, Kerry	Kevin,	In Person
01:40:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination		Kevin,	In Person
01:41:55	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cuear, Edward	In Person
02:01:16	Witness Cross Examination	Krueger, Kerry	Cuear, Edward	In Person
02:08:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cuear, Edward	In Person
02:12:09	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Krueger, Kerry	Cuear, Edward	In Person
02:13:05	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Laureson, Thomas	In Person
00:07:25	Witness Cross Examination	Krueger, Kerry	Laureson, Thomas	In Person
00:12:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Laureson, Thomas	In Person
00:13:58	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Ozment, Terry	In Person
00:33:30	Witness Cross Examination	Krueger, Kerry	Ozment, Terry	In Person
00:38:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Ozment, Terry	In Person
00:39:51	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Other

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:03	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Sweeny, Dr. Christopher	In Person
00:46:46	Witness Cross Examination		Sweeny, Dr. Christopher	In Person
01:33:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Sweeny, Dr. Christopher	In Person
01:34:10	Witness Direct Examination	Krueger, Kerry	Garcia, Antonio	In Person
02:10:57	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Krueger, Kerry	Garcia, Antonio	In Person
00:10:50	Witness Cross Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Garcia, Antonio	In Person
00:31:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Krueger, Kerry	Garcia, Antonio	In Person
00:33:20	General Case Activities
00:35:08	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

3 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Verdict

5 Chapters

JUL

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Cullom v. Knife River

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:35	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen		In Person
00:07:22	Witness Cross Examination			In Person
00:18:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen		In Person
00:24:20	Witness Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cullom, Stewart	In Person
01:22:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:30	Witness Cross Examination		Cullom, Stewart	In Person
00:39:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Shimoda, Galen	Cullom, Stewart	In Person
00:59:35	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:05	General Case Activities
00:32:55	General Case Activities
00:34:23	Closing Statement	Shimoda, Galen
01:26:47	Closing Statement	Perry, Thomas
02:06:41	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:54	Reading of the Verdict
		00:04:00	General Case Activities
		00:12:25	General Case Activities
		00:19:55	End of Session