IZZARELLI v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Civil Action No. 3:99-cv-2338 (SRU).

767 F.Supp.2d 324 (2010)

Barbara IZZARELLI, Plaintiff, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

December 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Golub , Jonathan M. Levine , Marilyn J. Ramos , Mary G. Curry , Silver, Golub & Teitell, Stamford, CT, David Thomas Ryan , Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff.

Amanda S. Jacobs , James P. Cone , Mark A. Belasic , Paul D. Koethe , Theodore M. Grossman , Jones Day-Oh , Cleveland, OH, Chris J. Lopata , Harold K. Gordon , Mark R. Seiden , Stephen J. Kaczynski , Jones Day, New York, NY, Christopher A. Kreiner , Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Winston-Salem, NC, David Thomas Ryan , Frank F. Coulom, Jr. , Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CT, Geoffrey K. Beach , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Susan D. Crooks , Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice-Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, Marilyn J. Ramos , Silver, Golub & Teitell, Stamford, CT, for Defendant.


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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