John Paxin, Jr. v. Nissan Motor Co.

Summary

Jury trial in airbag-related wrongful death/product liability lawsuit

Outcome

Defense verdict

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Paxin, John
Defense: Nissan Motor Company

Judge: Mark Denton
Jurisdiction: 8th District Court of Nevada
Court: Eighth District Court of Nevada-Clark County

Case Number: A-19-805016-C
Industry: Automotive
Practice Area: Products Liability

Plaintiff

Paxin, John

Defense

Nissan Motor Company

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:14:32	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:38:04	General Case Activities
00:39:03	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Paxin, James	In Person
01:47:53	Break
02:04:51	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Paxin, James	In Person
02:14:23	Witness Cross Examination	Wilner, Melissa	Paxin, James	In Person
03:01:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Paxin, James	In Person
03:05:37	General Case Activities
03:07:08	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

MAY

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUN

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUN

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUN

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JUN

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

JUL

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

JUL

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:24	Witness Direct Examination	Drewes, Richard	Video Recording
00:58:03	Witness Direct Examination	Paxin, Patricia	Video Recording
01:42:21	Break
01:59:03	Witness Direct Examination	Callahan, Alex	Video Recording
02:52:13	Witness Direct Examination	Dix, Jeffrey	Video Recording
03:17:24	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:46	Witness Direct Examination	Latta, Derek	Video Recording
01:23:08	Break
01:41:13	Witness Direct Examination	Latta, Derek	Video Recording
02:25:44	Witness Direct Examination	Goodwin, Kelly	Video Recording
02:39:53	Witness Direct Examination	Dalton, Zane	Video Recording
03:07:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:35	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
00:53:36	Break
01:09:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
01:24:06	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
01:46:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
01:51:05	Witness Direct Examination		Stolarczyk , Darryl	Video Recording
02:33:57	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:21	Witness Direct Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Vatthauer , Debra	Video Conference
00:36:45	Witness Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Vatthauer , Debra	Transcript Reading
00:47:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Vatthauer , Debra	Video Conference
00:49:13	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Vatthauer , Debra	Video Conference
00:52:11	Witness Direct Examination		Ota, Dr. Doug	Video Recording
01:33:08	Break
01:46:31	Witness Direct Examination		Dizney, Benjamin	Video Recording
02:11:19	Witness Direct Examination		Spriggs, John	Video Recording
02:53:36	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:36	Witness Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	McCaleb, Dr. Jonathan	Video Conference
00:45:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaveh, Mona	McCaleb, Dr. Jonathan	Video Conference
00:56:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	McCaleb, Dr. Jonathan	Video Conference
01:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaveh, Mona	McCaleb, Dr. Jonathan	Video Conference
01:02:56	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	McCaleb, Dr. Jonathan	Video Conference
01:05:56	Witness Direct Examination		Robinson, Anne	Video Recording
01:21:03	Break
01:36:14	General Case Activities
01:36:46	Witness Direct Examination		Robinson, Anne	Video Recording
02:37:57	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Paxin, Samantha	In Person
02:56:50	Witness Cross Examination	Wilner, Melissa	Paxin, Samantha	Video Conference
03:14:54	End of Session

John Paxin, Jr. v. Nissan Motor Co.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:19	Opening Statement	Jones, J. Randall
01:33:49	Break
01:53:32	Opening Statement	Klein, Thomas
03:25:39	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:05	Witness Direct Examination	Dix, Jeffrey	Video Recording
00:48:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:40	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Hulsey, Luana	In Person
01:32:23	Break
01:48:58	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Hulsey, Luana	In Person
03:16:38	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:40	Witness Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Hulsey, Luana	In Person
00:51:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Hulsey, Luana	In Person
01:17:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Hulsey, Luana	In Person
01:19:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Hulsey, Luana	In Person
01:21:05	Break
01:36:55	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
02:52:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:17	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
01:29:23	Break
01:44:36	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
02:39:01	Witness Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
03:11:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:34	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Abdunnur , Dr. Shane	In Person
01:19:17	Break
01:32:52	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Abdunnur , Dr. Shane	In Person
02:05:54	Witness Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Abdunnur , Dr. Shane	In Person
02:44:37	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:22	Witness Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Abdunnur , Dr. Shane	In Person
00:39:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Abdunnur , Dr. Shane	In Person
00:59:40	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Abdunnur , Dr. Shane	In Person
01:03:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Abdunnur , Dr. Shane	In Person
01:04:53	Witness Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
01:28:45	Break
01:43:03	Witness Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Hannemann, Neil	In Person
03:24:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:49	Witness Direct Examination	Kaveh, Mona	McCaleb, Dr. Jonathan	Video Conference
01:08:33	Break
01:24:32	Witness Direct Examination	Kaveh, Mona	McCaleb, Dr. Jonathan	Video Conference
02:43:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:57	Witness Cross Examination	Wilner, Melissa	Paxin, Samantha	Video Conference
00:11:41	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Litt, Dr. Richard	In Person
01:09:49	Break
01:25:11	Witness Cross Examination	Wilner, Melissa	Litt, Dr. Richard	In Person
01:31:55	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
02:56:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:47	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
00:31:45	Break
00:48:36	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
01:09:09	Witness Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
01:49:20	Break
02:01:56	Witness Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
03:08:46	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
00:05:27	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
00:34:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
00:39:53	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Ziejewski, Dr. Mariusz PhD, Inz	In Person
00:41:18	General Case Activities
00:43:58	Witness Direct Examination	Wilner, Melissa	Macheco, Marilyn	In Person
01:12:16	Witness Cross Examination	Lopez, Carlos	Macheco, Marilyn	In Person
01:50:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wilner, Melissa	Macheco, Marilyn	In Person
01:52:58	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Lopez, Carlos	Macheco, Marilyn	In Person
01:54:32	Break
02:12:54	General Case Activities
02:14:34	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:51	Witness Direct Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
01:16:27	Break
01:30:37	Witness Direct Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
02:36:36	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:26	Witness Direct Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
00:10:20	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
01:34:20	Break
01:50:17	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
02:02:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Stephens, Gregory	In Person
02:07:05	Witness Direct Examination	Klein, Thomas	Balavich, Karen	In Person
03:19:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:29	Witness Cross Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Balavich, Karen	In Person
01:29:49	Break
01:46:44	Witness Cross Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Balavich, Karen	In Person
02:27:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Klein, Thomas	Balavich, Karen	In Person
02:58:04	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Balavich, Karen	In Person
03:09:19	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:52	Witness Direct Examination	Klein, Thomas	Natarajan, Dr. Sridhar M.D.	In Person
01:40:11	Break
02:00:53	Witness Direct Examination	Klein, Thomas	Natarajan, Dr. Sridhar M.D.	In Person
02:12:06	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Natarajan, Dr. Sridhar M.D.	In Person
03:11:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:35	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Natarajan, Dr. Sridhar M.D.	In Person
00:54:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Klein, Thomas	Natarajan, Dr. Sridhar M.D.	In Person
01:49:30	Break
02:03:42	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Natarajan, Dr. Sridhar M.D.	In Person
02:41:42	Witness Direct Examination		Matos, Jessica	Video Recording
03:04:37	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:43	Witness Direct Examination		Matos, Jessica	Video Recording
01:35:53	Witness Direct Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Luepke, Peter	In Person
02:34:01	Witness Cross Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Luepke, Peter	In Person
02:52:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:31	Witness Cross Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Luepke, Peter	In Person
01:38:01	Witness Direct Examination	Klein, Thomas	Dix, Jeffrey	In Person
02:48:27	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:08	Witness Direct Examination	Klein, Thomas	Dix, Jeffrey	In Person
01:08:55	Witness Cross Examination	Lopez, Carlos	Dix, Jeffrey	In Person
01:27:25	Break
01:44:55	Witness Cross Examination	Lopez, Carlos	Dix, Jeffrey	In Person
02:56:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:25	Witness Cross Examination	Lopez, Carlos	Dix, Jeffrey	In Person
00:58:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Klein, Thomas	Dix, Jeffrey	In Person
01:02:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Lopez, Carlos	Dix, Jeffrey	In Person
01:04:09	Witness Direct Examination		Betz , Jay	Video Recording
01:47:11	Break
02:05:00	Witness Direct Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Carhart, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
03:09:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:10	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Carhart, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
01:46:24	Break
02:00:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Carhart, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:26:46	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Jones, J. Randall	Carhart, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:38:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gilmer, Greg	Carhart, Dr. Michael Ph.D.	In Person
02:43:47	Witness Direct Examination	Queenan, Kevin	Ota, Dr. Doug	Video Conference
02:53:53	Witness Cross Examination	Klein, Thomas	Ota, Dr. Doug	In Person
02:58:57	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:34:14	Closing Statement	Jones, J. Randall
01:49:45	Break
02:03:41	Closing Statement	Queenan, Kevin
03:33:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:50	Closing Statement	Klein, Thomas
01:56:18	Break
02:04:58	Closing Statement	Jones, J. Randall
03:03:24	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:41	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:51	General Case Activities
		00:06:43	End of Session