file/initiate a lawsuit

idiom

: to start a process by which a court of law makes a decision to end a disagreement between people or organizations

When the newspaper refused to admit that the story was false, the actor filed/initiated a lawsuit against the publisher.

Examples of file/initiate a lawsuit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Not long after the governor signed the bill into law at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Lafayette on June 19, civil rights groups and organizations that want to keep religion out of government promised to file a lawsuit challenging it. —

Sara Cline, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2024 Romines, Scheffler's attorney, said the golfer does not plan to file a lawsuit over the arrest. Reach reporter Rachel Smith at rksmith@courierjournal.com or @RachelSmithNews on X, formerly known as Twitter. —

Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2024 Mangroe is being represented by the two attorneys who helped Cassie Ventura file a lawsuit against Diddy, Douglas Wigdor, and Meredith A. Firetog. —

Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 4 June 2024 The only way to compel an employer to cover medical costs is to file a lawsuit. —

Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 3 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for file/initiate a lawsuit

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