51.   Half the respondents reported an increase in suits by current or former employees.

52.   Haller himself was named in a suit by a manager who said he retaliated against her when she rebuffed his advances.

53.   He noted his multimillion-dollar lawsuit successes against breast implant makers, and the potential bonanza in product liability suits by states against tobacco companies.

54.   He was joined in the suit by Oklahoma City attorney John Merritt, who also could not be reached for comment.

55.   He writes of a retired clerk who preserves his three suits by lying down all day.

56.   He was already dressed in an olive suit by the time his fiasco of a start had blossomed into a rout that made for a bubbly clubhouse.

57.   He was also the subject of a civil suit by Medlar, who complained that he had not fulfilled a promise to make more payments to help support her.

58.   His is one of a small but growing number of environmental suits by pollution victims that may become test cases.

59.   Home Depot is facing a third sex-discrimination suit by female employees in New Jersey.

60.   His wife wore a pale blue, fringed, skirted suit by Christian Dior.