Stuart Ratzan's Closing Helps Seal $42.5M Verdict, Including $27M+ in Punitives for Cancer Death

Stuart Ratzan argues Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds should face harsh punitive liability for their role in the cancer death of Irene Gloger. 

Gloger, who had smoked for decades, died at 47, about a year after she quit smoking. Her family contends a tobacco industry-wide conspiracy to hide the dangers of smoking throughout much of the 20th century hooked Gloger to cigarettes and ultimately led to her fatal cancer. 

Jurors ultimately awarded $27.5 million in punitive damages, following a $15 million punitive award for her 1996 death.