Manious v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Summary

In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff contends defendant tobacco company is responsible for illness caused by smoking-related disease.

Outcome

Verdict for plaintiff.

Total Damages: $91 million
Including $6 million in compensatory damages and $85 million in punitive damages.

Apportionment of fault:

RJ Reynolds: 75%
Marvin Manious: 25%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Manious, Marvin
Defense: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Verdict: $91,000,000

Judge: Wendy DeWeese
Jurisdiction: 3rd Judicial District of Hawaii
Court: Hawaii - 3rd Judicial Circuit

Case Number: 000000
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Manious, Marvin

Defense

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Represented By:
Bassett, W. Randall (King & Spalding, LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:20	Opening Statement	Navarro, Xavier
00:46:10	Opening Statement	Bassett, W. Randall
01:17:20	General Case Activities
01:22:36	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Navarro, Xavier	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
		01:18:59	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Navarro, Xavier	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
00:03:10	Break
00:34:30	Witness Direct Examination	Navarro, Xavier	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:34:22	Break
01:49:30	Witness Direct Examination	Navarro, Xavier	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:15:45	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Navarro, Xavier	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:02:23	Break
01:19:15	Witness Direct Examination	Navarro, Xavier	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:26:06	Break
02:44:33	Witness Cross Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:07:13	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
00:58:57	Break
01:17:32	Witness Cross Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:13:36	Break
02:31:10	Witness Cross Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:55:55	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:01:35	Break
01:27:38	Witness Cross Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:33:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Navarro, Xavier	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:02:50	Witness Direct Examination	Reyes, Nick	Manious, Marvin	In Person
02:49:26	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Reyes, Nick	Manious, Marvin	In Person
00:24:04	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Manious, Marvin	In Person
00:59:45	Break
01:14:47	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Manious, Marvin	In Person
01:35:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Reyes, Nick	Manious, Marvin	In Person
01:46:15	Witness Direct Examination	Reyes, Nick	Manious, Valerie	In Person
01:55:50	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Manious, Valerie	In Person
02:14:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Reyes, Nick	Manious, Valerie	In Person
02:17:43	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Borgerding, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
00:10:57	Witness Direct Examination	Johnston, Donald	Transcript Reading
00:18:00	Witness Direct Examination	Johnston, James "Jim"	Transcript Reading
00:25:44	Witness Direct Examination	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:33:47	Break
01:56:33	Witness Cross Examination	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:26:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:29:07	Witness Direct Examination	Figlar, Dr. James Ph.D.	Video Recording
03:14:15	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination		Ha, Dr. Patrick	In Person
01:00:47	Break
01:36:07	Witness Cross Examination		Ha, Dr. Patrick	In Person
01:59:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Navarro, Xavier	Ha, Dr. Patrick	In Person
02:09:27	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:38:42	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:00:43	Break
01:24:23	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:11:56	Break
02:29:20	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:59:18	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:10:36	Break
01:28:25	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:41:25	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:17:12	Break
01:44:04	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:04:27	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:07:56	Break
01:25:45	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:13:29	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:20:25	Break
01:38:27	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:48:16	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
00:46:16	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:15:20	Break
01:35:14	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:04:20	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:19:35	Break
01:39:05	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
03:01:30	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:19:00	Break
01:42:23	Witness Cross Examination	Green, Philip	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
01:54:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Brown, William	Kyriakoudes, Prof. Louis	In Person
02:26:26	Witness Direct Examination		Calderon, Kara	Video Recording
02:31:45	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Garner, Charles	In Person
01:08:30	Break
01:25:20	Witness Direct Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Garner, Charles	In Person
02:25:10	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Garner, Charles	In Person
01:15:34	Break
01:34:27	Witness Direct Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Garner, Charles	In Person
02:46:14	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Garner, Charles	In Person
00:10:05	Witness Cross Examination	Reyes, Nick	Garner, Charles	In Person
01:08:57	Break
01:34:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bassett, W. Randall	Garner, Charles	In Person
01:57:32	General Case Activities
02:01:15	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Closings

4 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

DEC

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Manious v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:52:15	Break
01:06:17	Closing Statement	Reyes, Nick
02:35:15	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:55	Closing Statement	Bassett, W. Randall
01:48:05	Break
01:59:25	Closing Statement	Green, Philip
02:01:35	Closing Statement	Reyes, Nick
02:21:10	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:14:48	General Case Activities
		00:16:44	End of Session