['While', 'large', 'groups', 'of', 'veteran', 'lawyers', 'and', 'big-name', 'firms', 'pursued', 'the', 'state', 'lawsuits', 'that', 'produced', '$206', 'billion', 'in', 'tobacco', 'settlements,', 'the', 'Rosenblatts', 'are', 'legal', 'loners.', '““It', 'was', 'Stanley', 'and', 'Susan', 'and', 'a', 'couple', 'people', 'back', 'at', 'the', "office,''", 'said', 'Northeastern', 'University', 'professor', 'and', 'anti-smoking', 'activist', 'Richard', 'Daynard.', '~*That', 'was', 'sort', 'of', 'it."!', 'And', "that's", 'the', 'way', 'they', 'like', 'it.', 'Rosenblatt', 'is', 'blunt,', 'quick-witted,', 'abrasive,', 'melodramatic', 'and', 'obviously', 'persuasive', 'with', 'juries.', 'Mrs.', 'Rosenblatt', 'is', 'genteel,', 'obsessive,', 'given', 'to', 'critical', 'self-examination', 'and', 'a', 'behind-the-scenes', 'force', 'in', 'legal', 'research.', 'The', 'two', 'natives', 'of', 'New', "York's", 'borough', 'of', 'Brooklyn', 'spread', 'themselves', 'thin', 'as', 'tenacious', 'workaholics', 'and', 'parents', 'of', 'nine', 'school-age', 'children', 'who', "don't", 'rely', 'on', 'outside', 'help.', 'Without', 'conceit,', 'Rosenblatt', 'considers', 'himself', 'one', 'of', 'the', "nation's", 'best', 'trial', 'lawyers,', 'and', 'others', 'in', 'his', 'field', 'agree.', 'The', 'couple', 'are', 'praised', 'for', 'their', 'courage,', 'dedication,', 'perseverance', 'and', 'courtroom', 'credibility.', 'Bob', 'Montgomery,', 'a', 'colleague', 'for', '30', 'years,', 'had', 'more', 'faith', 'in', 'Rosenblatt', 'than', 'the', 'seemingly', 'invincible', 'tobacco', 'industry.', '*““When', 'I', 'found', 'out', 'that', 'he', 'had', 'taken', 'on', 'this', 'case,', 'all', 'I', 'said', 'was', 'tobacco', 'better', "duck,'*'", 'said', 'Montgomery,', 'a', 'Palm', 'Beach', 'lawyer', 'who', 'also', 'represented', 'Florida', 'in', 'its', 'suit', 'against', 'tobacco.', 'Rosenblatt', 'made', 'his', 'reputation', 'in', 'medical', 'malpractice', 'and', 'personal', 'injury', 'cases,', 'winning', 'multimillion-dollar', 'verdicts', 'before', 'they', 'were', 'common.', 'He', 'came', 'to', 'national', 'prominence', 'in', '1988', 'with', 'the', 'acquittal', 'of', 'Dr.', 'Peter', 'Rosier', 'in', 'his', "wife's", 'death.', 'Her', 'stepfather', 'offered', 'blockbuster', 'testimony', 'that', 'he', 'smothered', 'her', 'when', 'she', 'lingered', 'hours', 'after', 'Rosier', 'administered', 'what', 'should', 'have', 'been', 'a', 'fatal', 'overdose.', 'Why', 'take', 'on', 'tobacco?', 'The', 'conventional', 'wisdom', 'was', 'that', 'the', 'cases', 'were', '“hopeless', 'against', 'nearly', 'impossible', "odds,''", 'said', 'Kenneth', 'McClain,', 'an', 'Independence,', 'Mo.,', 'lawyer', 'pursuing', 'other', 'smokers’', 'lawsuits.', '““The', 'more', 'I', 'got', 'to', 'know', 'them,', 'the', 'more', 'I', 'think', 'that', 'their', 'religion', 'and', 'what', 'their', 'religion', 'meant', 'to', 'them', 'had', 'a', 'lot', 'to', 'do', 'with', "it,''", 'Daynard', 'said.', 'He', 'pointed', 'to', 'a', 'Jewish', 'belief', 'in', 'an', 'obligation', 'to', 'fix', 'the', 'world,', 'But', 'not', 'everyone', 'was', 'happy', 'with', 'the', 'secondhand', 'smoke', 'settlement.', 'Some', 'flight', 'attendants', 'objected', 'to', 'the', 'deal', 'because', 'it', 'paid', 'them', 'nothing.', 'The', 'agreement', 'gives', 'the', 'industry', '“‘an', 'enormous', 'get-out-of-jail-free', "card''", 'and', 'a', 'foundation', 'is', 'hardly', 'a', 'meaningful', 'settlement,', 'Alan', 'Morrison,', 'an', 'attorney', 'for', 'Ralph', "Nader's", 'Public', 'Citizen', 'law', 'group,', 'said', 'at', 'a', 'hearing', 'last', 'year', 'to', 'try', 'to', 'get', 'the', 'deal', 'changed.', '““This', 'foundation', 'is', 'being', 'trumpeted', 'as', 'an', 'enormous', "benefit,''", 'Morrison', 'said.', '““To', 'society,', 'perhaps,', 'but', 'not', 'the', 'flight', "attendants.''", 'Rosenblatt,', 'in', 'his', 'characteristically', 'feisty', 'manner,', 'shot', 'back,', 'calling', 'objectors', 'opportunists', 'who', 'misrepresented', 'the', 'settlement.', '~‘In', 'six', 'years,', 'not', 'one', 'of', 'them', 'ever', 'showed', 'their', 'face,', 'never', 'offered', 'any', 'help', 'to', 'one', 'flight', "attendant,''", 'he', 'said', 'at', 'the', 'time.', 'RJRO000001667090282', '70040', '9468', ' ', 'O€€l', 'scezs']