seek damages
idiom
law
: to ask a court to require someone who has treated one unfairly or hurt one in some way to pay money
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The lawsuits seek damages to help communities cope with climate risks and damages.
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Michael Copley, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
Days after the outage, Delta hired David Boies of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft.
—Jordan Novet,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
Under state law, plaintiffs can seek damages for broad and open-ended claims such as a failure to warn of a danger, false advertising or creating a public nuisance.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
The plaintiffs seek damages totaling more than $5 million.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Michael Copley, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
Days after the outage, Delta hired David Boies of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft.
—Jordan Novet,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
Under state law, plaintiffs can seek damages for broad and open-ended claims such as a failure to warn of a danger, false advertising or creating a public nuisance.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
The plaintiffs seek damages totaling more than $5 million.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Seek damages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seek%20damages. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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