After the jury decision, Scott said "he thought the amount of the award was justified."
But the lawyer said he accepted the grand jury decision that there was not enough evidence of a crime.
A jury decision was reached in the case on October 9, 1992.
Again this may have been another jury decision more pragmatic than idealistic.
The quality of jury decision making should not deteriorate and could well improve.
Several recommendations for improving the quality of jury decisions have been made by researchers.
Still, some public interest groups said they were concerned about how the decision would affect jury decisions.
Each side sought to portray the jury decision as a victory.
The company paid to settle some of the suits before trial and in other cases lost jury decisions.
But the jury decision on Dec. 5 made it more difficult for both parties to come to an agreement.