21.   In the interim, though, companies at risk could be forced to set aside dollar reserves to cover potential damage claims.

22.   Insurance stocks, which are not helped when rates climb, were weakened further by worries that the advance of Hurricane Floyd suggested big damage claims in the making.

23.   It is likely to use its share of the dividend to fund payments for asbestos-related damage claims arising from a former Manville business.

24.   It would also decimate the industry consensus that the only viable option for tobacco companies is to fight nearly every damage claim and challenge all regulations.

25.   Johnson pointed out that some of the recalled Firestones had produced damage claims but no injury claims.

26.   Last year, it partnered with Allstate Corp., which agreed to refer policyholders with property damage claims to Home Depot for floor covering, building products and installation.

27.   Last year, MasterCard International, also an association of banks, reached a settlement with Dean Witter mainly to avoid a potential damage claim.

28.   Many Democrats are willing to bar punitive damage claims against the government, but not against everyone else.

29.   Now these investors and others who still own shares in the savings and loans stand to gain from the damage claims.

30.   One of the more contentious provisions in the McCain bill is a cap on payments that the tobacco companies would pay in damage claims each year.