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• The two bills seek to ease hurdles for survivors to sue for damages.
  — Scott McClallen, Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2020
• If trying to deal with all that wasn’t hard enough, Feinberg and his colleagues had to get families of the deceased to agree to sign up for the fund and waive their right to sue for damages.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Victims can sue for damages and, to maintain their privacy, can use a pseudonym in court.
  — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
• The company reserves the right to sue for damages for violations.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2023
• The company reserves the right to sue for damages for violations.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2023
• Outside of the conservatorship system, Oher could sue for damages in the event of any breach of fiduciary duty or fraud.
  — Naomi Cahn, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
• The affected party might want to, er, sue for damages, and there’s no comprehensive legal framework in place for that now, Nugent said.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
• An individual such as Jesus could file a lawsuit and sue for damages in district court.
  — Dallas News, 7 July 2022
• In the last three chapters, Klobuchar describes what to do about the crisis, offering 25 policy ideas, ranging from more resources for agencies to changes to legal standards to shifts in who can sue for damages.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
• To complement the changes to Section 230, there should be national legislation to give users the right to sue for damages if they have been harmed as a result of using an Internet platform.
  — Roger McNamee, Time, 4 June 2020
• But if a paramilitary group went to a park knowing their presence would be intimidating, anyone afraid of also going to the park could sue for damages, Whitehead said.
  — Andrew Selsky, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Safaryan said state law lets tenants in uninhabitable rental units sue for damages, withhold rent or move out without penalty.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• JPMorgan has seized on some of these criticisms of the Virgin Islands government to argue the territory is in no position to sue for damages.
  — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• The company can also sue for damages under any violation.
  — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• However, allegations of unauthorized use of the painting by a world-famous fashion designer have led one of Italy’s biggest museums to sue for damages.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
• Of course, implicit in the actual-malice standard is the idea that, in some instances, public figures or officials may have their reputations harmed by false statements, and will not be able to successfully sue for damages.
  — Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
• The Supreme Court ruled earlier this year victims of discrimination prohibited by four federal statutes may not sue for damages if the only harm was emotional distress.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2022
• But tales of prolonged confinement, overreliance on physical restraint and cruel treatment are coming to light as former patients and relatives come forward to sue for damages.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2021
• During committee testimony last week, the executive director of the Southeastern Fisheries Association said fishermen would no longer be able to sue for damages under the act if the bills passed.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
• California parents whose children become addicted to social media apps would be able to sue for damages under a bill advanced Tuesday in the state Assembly by a bipartisan pair of lawmakers.
  — Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• Democrats want to eliminate qualified immunity for police officers, which would allow those injured by law enforcement personnel to sue for damages.
  — Kevin Freking, The Denver Post, 7 July 2020

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024