How to Use plaintiff in a Sentence

plaintiff

noun
  • Through her lawyers, the plaintiff declined to comment about the lawsuit.
    Michael Williams, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Earlier this year, a judge said the plaintiffs argued this point sufficiently enough for the case to go forward and be settled in court.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 6 May 2023
  • The suit’s lead plaintiff, Frank Ciaramella, died in 2020.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, the hospital visits served no useful purpose, plaintiffs claimed.
    Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 4 May 2023
  • Court documents state the plaintiff drove to the school and delivered the leis to members of the St. Louis football team.
    Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
  • Barton failed to respond to the civil suit allegations, and a judge, at the plaintiff’s request, granted a default judgment against him.
    oregonlive, 2 May 2023
  • That lawsuit was dismissed last month by Judge Sarah Evans Barker, who ruled the plaintiffs lacked jurisdiction to sue.
    Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The state met with attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs last week and reached an agreement to stay the federal lawsuit until Oct. 31.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2023
  • The abuse went on for about a year, the plaintiff said.
    Josh Cain, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The panel gave the plaintiffs a week to seek relief from the Supreme Court.
    Adam Liptak, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • That lawsuit did not name the plaintiff, a minor at the time.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
  • Kian Tanner, one of the 16 youth plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said in a statement.
    WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The plaintiffs want the appeals court to reverse the dismissal of the case and send it back to district court.
    Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • One of the plaintiffs was in the basement, according to the lawsuit.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2024
  • Both plaintiffs are residents of Benton and used to sing in the church’s youth choir.
    Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The matter will be settled in court, but the judge found that the plaintiffs argued this well enough for the case to go forward.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 30 May 2023
  • If the plaintiff does not appear, the judge or magistrate may dismiss the case.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Deuel Ross, a lawyer for the plaintiffs who argued the case before the court, told me Marshall had already cost the state enough.
    Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • The Queen of Disco's husband, Bruce Sudano, is cited as the lead plaintiff in the suit, per the filing.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Cushing was the lead plaintiff named in the ADA lawsuit that Cote has continued to press.
    Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • The case has dragged on for almost three decades, and has come to include more than five thousand plaintiffs.
    Emma Green, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The plaintiff later got permission to amend the suit with his real name.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Other plaintiffs in the lawsuit did not live to see the settlement.
    Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The plaintiffs and 5 other passengers, all Black and male, were removed from the flight.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Even though the app was complete in early May, none of the plaintiffs have been paid for their work, their law firm said Sunday.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 2 July 2024
  • Taylor, the attorney, said the measures were too late to save his plaintiffs.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Chuck Michel, an attorney for the plaintiffs who sued the state to block the measure, praised Carney’s ruling.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The suit alleges that the plaintiff’s friend walked over looking for her and at that point, Bishop stopped touching her.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The lawsuit did not name the plaintiffs, who were identified with initials.
    Emilia David, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The judge would not, however, grant the plaintiff's actual request of allowing the mothers to stay on as hourly attendant caregivers.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2024

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