51.   Root got a suit from the Goodwill Industries and accompanied Aucoin around town, pretending to be his agent, Wells recalled.

52.   Several business organizations filed briefs warning that businesses could be unfairly exposed to the threat of sexual harassment suits from employees unhappy about work-related decisions.

53.   Short, round and balding, Rosenberg was said to wear old suits from Robert Hall.

54.   That prompted a suit from the National Broiler Council, the industry trade group, which said California could not pre-empt federal law.

55.   That move could, however, provoke a damage suit from Pinault.

56.   That fueled suits from Allen and other investors and a class action filed by former employees.

57.   The change is intended to shield the richest party in a suit from being hit with the full cost of damages despite being only fractionally at fault.

58.   The company also faces suits from a few smaller labels.

59.   The depositions taken for this suit from teachers and students should be required reading for every Californian.

60.   The families no doubt realistically expect much less in the end, for California law protects defendants in damage suits from being driven into abject poverty by verdicts.