1.  This complicated system could eventually pit the civil parties against one another.

2.  Al Fayed has filed as a civil party in the case, and therefore has access to documents and proceedings.

3.  Al Fayed is a civil party in the case.

4.  Al Fayed, the father of Dodi Fayed, has filed as a civil party in the case, and therefore has access to documents and proceedings.

5.  Also joining the case as a civil party were the parents of the driver, Henri Paul.

6.  Al Fayed has filed as a civil party in the case.

7.  Among other things, becoming a civil party allows them access to documents.

8.  Brachetti said he filed papers Monday with the court seeking to admit the Italian government as a civil party so it could seek damages.

9.  But a French historian who will testify later in the trial told French television that the civil parties and the prosecution have misinterpreted documents.

10.  But lawyers for civil parties said they would ask for an independent medical evaluation of Papon.