Defense attorney Nancy Raynor has been sanctioned for close to $1 million for allowing a defense expert to make a prohibited reference to smoking in a lung cancer-related medical malpractice case that resulted in a mistrial.
In an order issued Tuesday, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Paul P. Panepinto, in Sutch v. Roxborough Memorial Hospital, sanctioned the founder of Malvern, Pa.-based Raynor & Associates, detailing Raynor’s penalty for failing to instruct medical expert Dr. John J. Kelly to not mention deceased plaintiff Rosalind Wilson’s smoking history.
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