A Philadelphia judge has ordered that defense attorney Nancy Raynor be sanctioned for allowing a defense expert to make a prohibited reference to smoking in a lung cancer-related medical malpractice case.

In an order issued Monday, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Paul Panepinto ordered that the Raynor & Associates founder be sanctioned for an amount to be determined for failing to instruct medical expert Dr. John J. Kelly to not mention deceased plaintiff Rosalind Wilson’s smoking history.