And in 1997 he won $349 million in a class-action lawsuit brought by flight attendants alleging harm from secondhand smoke.

Hence, for the first time, there are anti-line-item suits in the courts with plaintiffs alleging actual harm.

Ajaj was the only remaining plaintiff in a lawsuit by federal prisoners alleging harm from secondhand smoke seeping through the air filtration system at SuperMax.

The FDA is required by its own implementing regulations to respond to citizen petitions that responsibly allege harm from unsafe drugs.

Unable to allege personal harm, the plaintiff argued that the public had to know in advance that the State would not help parents hide children from each other.

More than 400 indictments were issued in recent years alleging willful harm to minors as prosecutors sought convictions against a regime that no longer existed.

But it would limit the ability of private parties alleging harm as a result of criminal activity to bring civil lawsuits under RICO.

Transvaginal mesh has recently come under scrutiny, as patients allege long-term harm and suffering as a result of implanted mesh.

All men who feel oppressed by this daily dose of guilt should feel free to join my class-action suit, alleging actual medical harm and conspiracy to break up families.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of individuals alleging harm by the use of fluoroquinolones, as well as action by the consumer advocate group, Public Citizen.