1.   Mr MacDuff agreed that the jury should award fair damages to compensate her for what she had gone through.

2.   The jury awarded punitive damages .

3.   The jury awarded damages to the defendant.

4.   The jury awarded him the libel raspberry -- a halfpenny -- so he was forced to pay for the whole action.

5.   They are generally awarded by juries, who have neither the power nor the proficiency to impose a sentence in any other area of law.

6.   Although punitive damages have not been common under any of these laws, the potential that a jury might award them has been a factor in large settlements.

7.   Among other provisions, the law limited the damages a jury could award to punish the person or company that caused an injury.

8.   Analysts have said that the jury may award tens of billions in punitive damages against tobacco companies, forcing some producers, if not all, into bankruptcy.

9.   And many have discovered to their consternation that juries will award damages for such supposed retaliation, even if they believe the discrimination charges are bogus.

10.   And the same jury will award millions more in punitive damages.