11.   It would permit lawsuits against health insurers when denials of coverage result in deteriorating health or death.

12.   Other courts have said lawsuits are permitted only for six years after the first payment is due.

13.   Senate Republican leaders have so far blocked proposals to allow any attempt to permit lawsuits against HMOs.

14.   That law permits private lawsuits, for damages or injunctions, for violations of the Constitution or federal laws.

15.   That court permitted a lawsuit contending that a pacemaker that suddenly failed, necessitating emergency surgery, had a defective design.

16.   The appeals court, the firm said, was mistaken because it permitted a lawsuit when investors might be misled by an audit statement.

17.   The Clinton administration will be allowed to present arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of permitting lawsuits for same-gender sexual harassment.

18.   The decision permits a lawsuit filed against American Airlines on behalf of four million members of its AAdvantage program to go forward in Illinois.

19.   But both he and his main rival, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., have declared their support for federal legislation that permits lawsuits.

20.   But since German courts do not permit such lawsuits, the action would likely be filed in the International Court of Justice in The Hague.