The increases, driven by larger payouts in medical lawsuits, are expected to add to rising health care costs.

He earned €140,000 for his 6th place finish, which was Kaymer's largest payout from a tournament to that time.

Reviewing the largest payouts is a bit like listing Hollywood's box office champions: those at the top all date from the last few years.

Obviously, recent large payouts (as illustrated above) can make this a very lucrative business.

Finally, some lawyers believe that the unusually large payouts to the stockholders may be subject to legal challenge.

Players are paid for participating in the game with the winning team receiving a larger payout.

Because the Big 12 failed to meet the minimum of eight schools for bowl eligibility (and a larger payout), the conferences received $612,500.

The following seven bowl games are either held traditionally on January 1 or have featured large payouts.

Typically, large payouts to corporate executives include significant amounts of stock and come at the end of a long career.

"What inducement do the insiders have to give up their jobs for life, other than a large payout?"