61.   The US Supreme Court has ruled that federal income taxes must be paid on punitive damage awards won in personal injury lawsuits.

62.   There is no ceiling on punitive damage awards in California.

63.   This week or next President Clinton is expected to veto a bill that would limit punitive damage awards in product liability suits.

64.   Verdicts for punitive damage or aggravating circumstances are to punish companies and discourage rogue behavior.

65.   Weedman said he planned to ask the judge to set aside the punitive damage verdict as improper.

66.   A campaign to limit punitive damage awards in lawsuits moves to the Senate floor.

67.   Arum said he would seek punitive financial damages and may ask the court to put the IBF into receivership.

68.   But the Treasury Department rules bar them from going after Iranian assets in the United States to satisfy their punitive damage claims.

69.   Ford spokesman Jon Harmon said Friday that the company planned to appeal the punitive damage award.

70.   However, a key difference is a compromise on punitive damage, which many Republicans had sought to bar altogether.