31.   Hill said his company settled the majority of its claims within a year.

32.   In August, news reports said a pharmaceutical company had settled a class-action lawsuit involving the drug.

33.   It is the third class action lawsuit brought by investors the company has settled during the past two years.

34.   It was the first time a tobacco company settled a product liability case.

35.   Kahn said that there had been test-marketing, but before the company settled on the final terms of the card.

36.   Koch appealed, and in April the company settled with Smalley for a confidential sum.

37.   Last week, the company settled of a class action suit, extending for two more months the refunds it will pay.

38.   Last year, three power companies settled EPA actions against them by agreeing to drastic emissions reductions at their plants.

39.   Last year, the company settled an action by a group of state attorneys general, offering refunds to customers who could not connect to its service.