81.   Lawyers for the plaintiffs said the suit follows an arbitration decision last May that leveled a heavy punitive damage award in another case against Dean Witter involving managed futures.

82.   Punitive damage awards to winners in personal-injury lawsuits are subject to income taxes, the US Supreme Court has ruled.

83.   The House version limited punitive damage awards in all civil lawsuits, not just in faulty-products cases.