11.   The punitive award was the largest in securities arbitration history and one of the largest ever in an arbitration case.

12.   Trial lawyers and many consumer groups argue that punitive awards can stop the bad guys when compensatory damages alone are insufficient.

13.   While the compensatory damages raised eyebrows, it was the huge punitive award that drew criticism from lawyers, lawmakers and the railroad.

14.   Witnesses are expected to be called for about one day, followed by a second jury deliberation to decide the size of any punitive awards.

15.   Even worse, states worry that payments could be delayed for years in the event of a crippling punitive award in a Florida class-action lawsuit.

16.   Kaye concluded the punitive award was reasonable.

17.   Both the Brown and Goldman families will share in any punitive awards.

18.   The Alabama Supreme Court later reduced the punitive award to two million dollars.

19.   The outcome was the latest in a series of multi-million dollar punitive awards handed down to the US tobacco industry.