Editor's note: The author and plaintiffs attorney are of no relation.

A hearing Tuesday in the case of defense attorney Nancy Raynor, sanctioned $1 million for eliciting banned testimony, took on the atmosphere of a boxing ring with lawyers and the judge engaging in heated shouting matches in all directions.

Raynor was sanctioned by Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Paul P. Panepinto late last year for drawing a prohibited reference to smoking from an expert in a lung-cancer-related medical malpractice case.