Even for individual plaintiffs, damages might be gauged in many ways.

When the testimony began on Feb. 22, 1984, there were 67 individual plaintiffs, two defendants and 18 jurors.

Few of the landmark abortion cases have individual plaintiffs' names attached.

And the federal government may still sue states for damages on behalf of individual plaintiffs.

A. There is nothing in this bill that would require the individual plaintiffs - the unemployed individuals - to start to litigate.

All three suits are being filed jointly by the civil liberties group and individual plaintiffs.

Since then, enforcement of the law has been driven largely by private action of individual plaintiffs.

Several lawsuits against lead paint manufacturers by individual plaintiffs have failed.

The case was one of the largest involving an individual plaintiff.

In addition there have been numerous lawsuits against the companies on behalf of individual plaintiffs.