How to Use lawsuit in a Sentence

lawsuit

noun
  • The Dodgers have several lawsuits against them in the courts.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Some Swifties filed class action lawsuits this year over the on-sale.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The case against Mirror Group is the first of the prince’s several lawsuits against the media to go to trial.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 19 June 2023
  • Largent stressed that the lawsuit does not mean that the property owners oppose the trail.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The lawsuits gave those descendants the choice to either sell their stake in the land or bid for it at auction.
    Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • That’s what convinced him, finally, to add his name to the lawsuit.
    Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Lizzo is slamming her ex-dancers’ lawsuit — and asking the court to toss it.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Araiza's agent told Fox 5 that NFL teams have been reaching out after the lawsuit was dropped.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This addition to the statute has added enough gray area that a lawsuit has now come forward.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The Allens had sought to have the lawsuit thrown out on procedural grounds.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Secretary of State John Thurston is also named in the lawsuit.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2023
  • The lawsuits were settled, the labels were changed, and this is now a part of whiskey legal history.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This will help the company raise money to settle the lawsuits.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • That, as well as the Speaks Out Act that makes the nondisclosure act unenforceable, caused Grant to file the lawsuit.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Adam Cosco on Sunday moved to dismiss the case after reaching a deal to resolve the lawsuit.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The future of Google’s app store is at stake in a lawsuit by Fortnite publisher Epic Games.
    Sean Hollister, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Netflix is not named in the lawsuit and is not accused of any wrongdoing.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Heller, a Netherlands resident and one of the lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit, wants a refund of the difference.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Castro’s lawsuit in New Hampshire isn’t his first on the topic.
    Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The mother of Migos rapper Takeoff has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the venue where her son was killed.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • The legality of that is still a live question, as lawsuits from the New York Times and others attest.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
  • In the meantime, a team of lawyers asked him to be a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit aimed at changing the isolating conditions of death row.
    Keri Blakinger, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That original lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in May 2023.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In his order, Hittner agreed with those who filed the lawsuit that the new law violates their First Amendment rights.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • However the lawsuit shakes out, Starlink and Kuiper will compete for customers in the future.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
  • That law opened officers up to lawsuits like Johnson’s.
    Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The fall came after the Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against the company.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024
  • None of the individuals were named in the lawsuit as defendants.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Following the news that Cassie’s lawsuit against Combs was settled, social media was split.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The lawsuit came a day after a Jewish man filed a defamation lawsuit alleging Musk had labeled him a neo-Nazi.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023

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