IZZARELLI v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Docket Nos. 11-3865-cv(Lead), 11-3890-cv(XAP).

731 F.3d 164 (2013)

Barbara A. IZZARELLI, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Golub ( Jonathan M. Levine , Marilyn J. Ramos , on the brief), Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, Stamford, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Barbara A. Izzarelli.

Mark R. Seiden ( Todd R. Geremia , David M. Cooper , Jones Day, New York, NY, Theodore M. Grossman , Mark A. Belasic , Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, on the brief), Jones Day, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, CABRANES and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:

Barbara Izzarelli brings claims against defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("R.J. Reynolds") under the Connecticut Products Liability Act ("CPLA"), Conn. Gen.Stat. Ann. § 52-572m et seq., for strict liability and negligence, arguing that the cigarettes she smoked for 25 years caused cancer in her larynx.1 A jury in the United States District Court for...

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