The director won several international jury awards for her work.

The court again reduced the jury award to $54,000, or $2,250 per song.

"I can recall one or two cases where the jury award was in the seven figures, but they didn't end that way."

And she settled for about $600,000 after a judge reduced the 1994 jury award.

Large jury awards are often the only effective incentive for changes in the interest of public safety.

The judge announced the jury award of fifteen million dollars.

In July 2011, the court again reduced the $1.5 million jury award to $54,000, or $2,250 per song.

But the manufacturers say they need legal immunity because even one large jury award could put them out of business.

During the period of 1995 to 2000, the median jury award doubled to more than $1 million per case.

The jury award, made March 13, was $59,527 for emotional distress and $32,462 in lost pay.