Rogers v. Louis Dreyfus Citrus

Summary

In this wrongful death litigation proceeding, plaintiff Janet Rogers (personal representative of the estate of Robert Rogers) alleged Louis Dreyfus Citrus of negligence, when her husband Robert Rogers died of Steam burns, when a pipe ruptured while he was performing maintenance work underneath a large vat of 200 degree water at a plant operated by the defendant.

The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Wallace McCall and Theodore Leopold. The defendant in this case, Louis Dreyfus Citrus was represented by attorneys Peter Spillis and Houston Park.

Outcome

Settled

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Rogers, Janet
Defense: Louis Dreyfus Citrus, Inc.

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

Case Number: 2008CA127
Industry: Food
Practice Area: Negligence, Tort Law

Plaintiff

Rogers, Janet

Defense

Louis Dreyfus Citrus, Inc.

Expert Witnesses

Pettingill, Dr. Bernard Jr.

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	McCall, Wallace
00:34:25	Opening Statement	Park, Houston
00:53:13	Witness Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Gaskin, Dennis	In Person
01:23:04	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:34	Witness Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Gaskin, Dennis	In Person
01:00:23	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Houston	Gaskin, Dennis	In Person
01:15:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Gaskin, Dennis	In Person
01:16:16	Break
01:30:45	General Case Activities
01:31:22	Witness Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Stadler, Randall	In Person
02:12:52	Witness Cross Examination	Spillis, Peter	Stadler, Randall	In Person
02:29:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Stadler, Randall	In Person
02:30:41	General Case Activities
02:31:54	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:51	Witness Direct Examination	Leopold, Theodore	Baldwin, David	Transcript Reading
00:44:12	Witness Direct Examination	Leopold, Theodore	Calderon, Salvador	In Person
01:45:46	Break
02:00:58	Witness Cross Examination	Spillis, Peter	Calderon, Salvador	In Person
02:17:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Leopold, Theodore	Calderon, Salvador	In Person
02:29:57	General Case Activities		Calderon, Salvador	In Person
02:34:31	Witness Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Sawyers, Ansell	In Person
02:54:44	Witness Cross Examination	Spillis, Peter	Sawyers, Ansell	In Person
02:56:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Sawyers, Ansell	In Person
02:58:22	General Case Activities
02:59:20	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:34	Witness Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Bateman, Mr. Joseph	In Person
01:04:00	Witness Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Archibald, Virginia	In Person
01:06:54	Witness Cross Examination	Spillis, Peter	Bateman, Mr. Joseph	In Person
01:23:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Bateman, Mr. Joseph	In Person
01:27:09	General Case Activities
01:29:38	Break
01:43:02	General Case Activities
02:05:10	Witness Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Butler, Bruce	In Person
02:16:46	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Leopold, Theodore	Pettingill, Dr. Bernard Jr.	In Person
00:50:17	Break
01:13:01	Witness Direct Examination	Leopold, Theodore	Pettingill, Dr. Bernard Jr.	In Person
01:14:07	Witness Cross Examination	Park, Houston	Pettingill, Dr. Bernard Jr.	In Person
01:28:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Leopold, Theodore	Pettingill, Dr. Bernard Jr.	In Person
01:29:22	General Case Activities
01:34:44	Witness Direct Examination	McCall, Wallace	Rogers, Kyle	In Person
02:00:32	Witness Direct Examination	Leopold, Theodore	Rogers, Janet	In Person
02:25:34	General Case Activities
02:26:18	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

MAR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Rogers v. Louis Dreyfus Citrus

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:35	Witness Direct Examination	Spillis, Peter	Baldwin, David	Transcript Reading
00:16:11	General Case Activities
00:19:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:15:36	Closing Statement	McCall, Wallace
00:45:10	Closing Statement	Leopold, Theodore
01:09:32	Break
01:23:20	Closing Statement	Spillis, Peter
02:10:08	Closing Statement	Leopold, Theodore
02:22:46	General Case Activities
02:37:27	End of Session