lawsuit

noun

law·suit ˈlȯ-ˌsüt

Synonyms of lawsuit next

: a suit in law : a case before a court

Examples of lawsuit in a Sentence

the homeowner filed a lawsuit against the moving company that was refusing to be held responsible for damaging her furniture

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This case is separate from the undisclosed settlement Baldwin and other producers reached in 2022 with Hutchins’ husband and son in a wrongful-death lawsuit. —

Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024 Gaetz's legal team filed a lawsuit earlier in a last-ditch effort to block the committee from releasing its report. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 This could put OpenAI’s Altman, who is currently embroiled in a breach-of-contract lawsuit brought by Musk, in an awkward position. —

Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024 Six publishing companies, The Authors Guild, five authors and two parents filed the lawsuit Aug. 29 in federal court in Orlando. —

Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lawsuit