Richbell v. Toussaint, et al.

Summary

Wrongful death/automotive negligence suit brought by the estate of Devon Richbell, who was killed in a head-on collision with a Kenworth truck while driving on Warfield Boulevard in Lake Worth, Florida in 2011.

Outcome

Fault:
Toussaint- 60%, Devon Richbell- 40%
Damages:
Gwen Richbell
Pain and Suffering: Past- 200,000, Future- 400,000
Loss: 25,000
Alan Richbell
Pain and Suffering: Past- 200,000, Future- 400,000
Loss: 25,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Richbell, Gwen & Alan
Defense: Toussaint, Ernst
Triple H Trucking Inc.
Leonard, Jeffrey
Grady Gray Trucking Inc.
Verdict: $1,250,000

Judge: George Shahood
Jurisdiction: 19th Judicial District of Florida
Court: Martin County Courthouse

Case Number: 2011CA0989
Industry: Trucking
Practice Area: Insurance, Negligence

Plaintiff

Richbell, Gwen & Alan

Represented By:
Schlesinger, Gregg (Schlesinger Law Offices, PA)

Defense

Toussaint, Ernst

Represented By:
Miller, Peter (Peter A. Miller & Associates, P.A.)

Defense

Triple H Trucking Inc.

Represented By:
Kirsch, David (Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.)
Cohen, Lee (Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.)

Defense

Leonard, Jeffrey

Represented By:
Goldstein, David (Marcos Rothman Scharf Valdes & Goldstein, P.L. )

Defense

Grady Gray Trucking Inc.

Represented By:
Trybus, Bruce (Cooney Trybus Kwavnick Peets)

Lay Witnesses

Expert Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

PM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:27	Opening Statement	Schlesinger, Gregg
00:52:49	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

12 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
-1:59:36	General Case Activities
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Hoffman, Albert		In Person
00:26:46	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Peter	Hoffman, Albert		In Person
00:29:15	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Hoffman, Albert		In Person
00:39:39	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lee	Hoffman, Albert		In Person
00:41:47	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Hoffman, Albert		In Person
00:47:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Hoffman, Albert		In Person
00:51:38	Break
01:01:11	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:14:57	Break
02:26:40	General Case Activities
02:27:47	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lee	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:48:17	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

18 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:30:00	Break
00:34:28	General Case Activities		Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:35:19	General Case Activities	Cohen, Lee	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:38:15	Witness Direct Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Rodd, Corporal Steven		Video Recording
00:51:50	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Rodd, Corporal Steven		Video Recording
00:52:30	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Rodd, Corporal Steven		Video Recording
01:27:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Rodd, Corporal Steven		Video Recording
01:28:31	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Rodd, Corporal Steven		In Person
01:29:10	Break
01:44:41	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Broad, Andrea		In Person
01:58:18	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Toussaint, Ernst		In Person
02:10:56	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Toussaint, Ernst		In Person
02:26:49	Witness Cross Examination	Kirsch, David	Toussaint, Ernst		In Person
02:32:29	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Toussaint, Ernst		In Person
02:57:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Toussaint, Ernst		In Person
03:06:01	General Case Activities		Toussaint, Ernst		In Person
03:07:15	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Miller, Peter	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:18:35	Break
01:35:42	Witness Direct Examination	Miller, Peter	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:46:48	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:35:35	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:28:52	Break
01:43:32	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:23:13	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lee	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
03:01:14	Break
03:17:43	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
04:01:07	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:19:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Miller, Peter	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:13:12	Break
01:27:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Miller, Peter	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:36:32	General Case Activities		Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:41:37	General Case Activities	Trybus, Bruce	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:42:04	General Case Activities	Goldstein, David	Buchner, G. Bryant	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:45:08	Witness Direct Examination	Miller, Peter	Gray, Grady		In Person
01:50:43	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Gray, Grady		In Person
01:55:05	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:59:25	Break
01:12:12	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:14:15	Break
02:25:26	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
03:00:50	End of Session

JUN

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:19:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:53:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:57:03	Break
01:06:09	General Case Activities		Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:11:55	General Case Activities
01:12:57	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:18:23	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:19:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:33:48	End of Session

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Peter	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
		00:25:24	End of Session

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Peter	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
00:35:45	Break
00:44:49	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Peter	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:48:00	Break
01:58:57	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lee	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:18:18	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:34:30	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

JUN

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Richbell v. Toussaint, et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
01:26:24	Break
01:41:14	General Case Activities
01:42:00	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
02:28:56	General Case Activities
02:30:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:30	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
00:25:17	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Peter	Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
01:08:00	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
01:34:33	Break
01:49:40	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lee	Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
01:51:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
02:35:34	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
02:40:53	General Case Activities		Leonard, Jeffrey	In Person
02:43:39	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Stovall, Deborah	In Person
03:33:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:23	General Case Activities	Schlesinger, Gregg
00:04:44	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Gray, Grady	In Person
01:44:02	Break
02:06:36	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Rogers, Latrina	In Person
02:07:48	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Rogers, Latrina	In Person
02:09:06	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Peter	Gray, Grady	In Person
02:20:04	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Gray, Grady	In Person
02:36:23	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lee	Gray, Grady	In Person
02:48:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Gray, Grady	In Person
03:05:26	Break
03:13:22	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Hoffman, Amber	Transcript Reading
03:23:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:26	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:24:38	General Case Activities
01:26:34	Break
01:37:51	General Case Activities
01:38:43	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:01:44	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Peter	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:28:07	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:49:40	General Case Activities
02:50:04	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:19	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:28:23	Break
01:41:41	Witness Cross Examination	Goldstein, David	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:13:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Moss, Miles	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
03:01:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:21	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Hendley, Jerome	In Person
01:07:56	Break
01:21:23	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Peter	Hendley, Jerome	In Person
01:23:20	Witness Cross Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Hendley, Jerome	In Person
01:26:09	Witness Cross Examination	Cohen, Lee	Hendley, Jerome	In Person
01:37:26	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Hendley, Jerome	In Person
01:44:56	General Case Activities	Schlesinger, Gregg
01:57:14	Witness Direct Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Jones, Gregory	In Person
02:03:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:20	Witness Direct Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:38:05	Break
01:50:25	Witness Direct Examination	Trybus, Bruce	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:57:21	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
03:26:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:09	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
01:24:31	Break
01:39:37	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
02:32:01	Break
02:38:29	Witness Cross Examination	Schlesinger, Gregg	Garcia, Martin	Accident Reconstruction	In Person
03:01:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:23:35	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Gregg
00:52:04	Break
01:02:08	Closing Statement	Schlesinger, Gregg
02:02:19	Break
02:15:34	Closing Statement	Miller, Peter
02:46:10	Closing Statement	Trybus, Bruce
03:19:49	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:00:52	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:48	General Case Activities
		00:04:51	End of Session