1.  A second typical case would be a civil action suit which will probably move slowly and take two to three years.

2.  Still, both groups do get involved in civil actions against individuals.

3.  The victim can seek damages in a civil action.

4.  These civil actions failed to stop the irrepressible hotelier from operating his illegal ferry system.

5.  A civil action for trespass to the person followed.

6.  But the solicitor for the three cleared men says he doubts a civil action would have succeeded.

7.  Insurers have told Mr Mr Lewis there is no point in civil action for damages because the youth has no assets and was not insured.

8.  Among the cases were a number of civil actions involving corporations controlled by the financier Ivan F. Boesky, who pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of securities fraud.