21.   The legislation foundered when Democrats insisted that the law be changed so that people could sue their health maintenance organizations, and Republicans objected.

22.   The Norwood and Democratic bills would remove this barrier from federal law and allow people to sue for malpractice under state law.

23.   The Senate continued debating a measure that would make it more difficult for people to sue companies and stockbrokers when stock prices drop sharply.

24.   The state initiative would make it easier for people to sue for securities fraud.

25.   The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that people can sue the federal government not only for doing too little to protect endangered species, but also for doing too much.

26.   The US is worried that if there was a right to food, poor people would sue the US for it.

27.   When things go wrong, people sue.

28.   People cannot sue companies for allegedly defrauding the federal government to get approval of a new medical device, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

29.   People can sue airlines in U.S. state courts over retroactive restrictions on frequent-flier club benefits, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

30.   A Blahnik spokesman told the Daily Telegraph newspaper the designer feared being sued by people injured by the shoes.