1.   In exchange, the companies would be protected from punitive damage awards on past misconduct but not future misconduct.

2.   Punitive damage awards often run into the millions of dollars, some-times hundreds of millions.

3.   The judgment reflected a refusal by the court to limit punitive damage awards.

4.   Among other cases, the court will re-examine the question of whether to put limits on punitive damage awards by juries.

5.   At the time, it was the largest punitive damage award in history.

6.   -- Agreed to decide whether the government can collect income taxes on punitive damage awards, in personal injury lawsuits.

7.   A punitive damage award could be astronomical.

8.   Adverse publicity from the trials could hurt chances for the national legislation, which would bar future class-actions and punitive damage awards for past industry misconduct.

9.   After reaching their verdict in the punitive damage phase, jurors said they believed without a shadow of a doubt that Simpson was a killer.