Woodley v. Philip Morris

Summary

In this tobacco trial, Calvin Woodley developed laryngeal cancer after smoking cigarettes for over five decades. Woodley claims that years of smoking Philip Morris' Marlboro brand cigarettes caused this cancer, and that Morris failed to warn him of the risks of cigarettes.

Representatives for defendant Philip Morris counter that warnings were present on packs of cigarettes for years and Woodley was aware of the danger, yet chose to continue smoking.

Outcome

Verdict for plaintiff.
Total damages: $5 million.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Woodley, Calvin
Defense: Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Verdict: $5,000,000

Judge: Robert Ullman
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk County
Court: Suffolk County Courthouse

Case Number: 2084-CV-01559
Industry: Tobacco
Practice Area: Tobacco

Plaintiff

Woodley, Calvin

Defense

Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Represented By:
Fasi, Joseph (Fasi & DiBello, P.A.)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:18	Break
01:11:12	Opening Statement	Tein, Michael
02:01:49	Break
02:18:44	Opening Statement	Fasi, Joseph
03:07:16	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:33:01	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Faden, Dr. Daniel M.D.	In Person
00:40:55	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Faden, Dr. Daniel M.D.	In Person
01:08:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Faden, Dr. Daniel M.D.	In Person
01:11:18	Break
01:19:10	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:53:00	Break
02:14:55	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:33:35	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
		01:31:11	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:54:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:03:20	Witness Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Westra, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
01:45:33	Break
02:10:00	Witness Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
02:24:50	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Westra, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
03:33:58	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Westra, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
00:40:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Westra, Dr. William M.D.	In Person
00:50:09	Witness Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Transcript Reading
01:21:11	Witness Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:49:07	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Winston, Shirley	In Person
00:24:13	Witness Cross Examination	Sankar, Stephanie	Winston, Shirley	In Person
00:30:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Winston, Shirley	In Person
00:35:23	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Washington, Brandon	In Person
00:40:23	Witness Cross Examination	Sankar, Stephanie	Washington, Brandon	In Person
00:42:38	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Washington, Freedom	In Person
00:58:40	Witness Cross Examination	Sankar, Stephanie	Washington, Freedom	In Person
01:07:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Washington, Freedom	In Person
01:11:58	Break
01:27:23	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Woodley, Calvin	In Person
01:52:03	Break
02:16:10	Witness Cross Examination	Sankar, Stephanie	Woodley, Calvin	In Person
02:52:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Woodley, Calvin	In Person
02:53:53	Break
03:12:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Woodley, Calvin	In Person
03:18:03	General Case Activities	Kaiser, Allan
03:21:18	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Diolombi, Hassia	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
01:36:48	Break
02:02:28	Witness Direct Examination	Diolombi, Hassia	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
02:32:35	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Flora, Dr. Jason Ph.D.	In Person
03:16:43	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Bussell, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
00:40:00	Break
01:36:05	Witness Direct Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Bussell, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
02:09:15	Witness Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Bussell, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
02:36:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Bussell, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
02:38:25	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Bussell, Dr. Gregory M.D.	In Person
02:39:05	General Case Activities	Diolombi, Hassia
02:51:22	General Case Activities	Sankar, Stephanie
02:58:05	General Case Activities	Diolombi, Hassia
03:11:00	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Closings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

FEB

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Woodley v. Philip Morris

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:37	Witness Direct Examination	Kaiser, Allan	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
00:52:56	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
01:31:32	Break
01:58:52	Witness Cross Examination	Fasi, Joseph	Proctor, Dr. Robert , Ph.D.	In Person
03:17:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:04	Witness Direct Examination		Farone, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
00:37:04	Witness Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
01:36:59	Break
01:59:49	Witness Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
02:27:21	Witness Cross Examination	Diolombi, Hassia	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:36:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Tein, Michael	Prochaska, Dr. Judith	In Person
03:37:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:20	General Case Activities
00:32:10	Closing Statement	Fasi, Joseph
01:12:48	Closing Statement	Sankar, Stephanie
01:29:44	Break
01:59:20	Closing Statement	Kaiser, Allan
02:34:55	General Case Activities
02:50:40	General Case Activities
02:55:45	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:07	General Case Activities
		00:04:25	End of Session