11.   Alabama is known for having liberal standards on punitive damage awards.

12.   But a punitive damage award, which is meant to punish a company, or the loss of a class-action case could produce significant financial damage.

13.   But consumer advocates like Joan Claybrook, the president of Public Citizen, have said that large punitive damage awards are needed to discourage manufacturers from producing dangerous products.

14.   But Clinton said that limiting punitive damage awards would make it easier to produce dangerous products.

15.   But the jaw-dropping award raised the issue of whether huge punitive damage awards should be restricted.

16.   But the two senators differed on limiting punitive damage awards in all civil cases, not just those involving faulty products.

17.   Defenders of punitive damages have their own list of products that have been improved after juries hit their makers with big punitive damage awards.

18.   Exxon has fought for five years the punitive damage award handed down by an Alaskan jury.

19.   Ford had two punitive damage cases pending at the high court, and got different results.

20.   He admitted that the landscape changed with a recent Supreme Court ruling that effectively limits big punitive damage awards in Texas.