How to Use plaintiff in a Sentence
plaintiff
noun-
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 -
In entering the agreement, the city did not admit to the plaintiffs’ claims.
— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 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 -
The city has 45 days to respond to the claim and if denied, a plaintiff can move forward with a lawsuit.
— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Jan. 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 -
Through her lawyers, the plaintiff declined to comment about the lawsuit.
— Michael Williams, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 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 -
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 -
The suit’s lead plaintiff, Frank Ciaramella, died in 2020.
— Andy Newman, New York Times, 1 May 2023 -
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 -
Both the woman and her 5-year-old child are listed as plaintiffs on the petition.
— Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2023 -
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 -
Although the teen isn’t fully named in the lawsuit, her mother confirmed that her daughter Olivia O’Dea is the lead plaintiff in the case.
— Holly Yan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024 -
Filings from dozens of civil plaintiffs also accuse Combs of assault.
— Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024 -
The plaintiffs’ attorneys had offered to exempt that watch from collection if Giuliani could show that its value would not exceed a $1,000 exemption limit.
— Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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