RULING AND ORDER AWARDING PUNITIVE DAMAGES
STEFAN R. UNDERHILL, District Judge.
Barbara Izzarelli smoked Salem King cigarettes for over twenty-five years until she was treated for larynx cancer in 1997. In 1999, she brought suit against the manufacturer of Salem Kings, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. ("R.J. Reynolds"). On May 26, 2010, a jury returned a verdict in Izzarelli's favor, finding that R.J. Reynolds was liable for her injuries under the theories...
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