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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Recent Examples on the Web

And a pair of cases brought by Puerto Rico municipalities seek damages for the 2017 hurricane season. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024

If that suit and a similar one don’t succeed, victims could forgo the claims process and seek damages in federal court. —Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2024

The new lawsuit filed by her longtime lawyer Gloria Allred will allow Jane Doe No. 2 to pursue her claims with a civil jury and also seek damages from Weinstein’s company. —Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2023

The state’s Ralph Civil Rights Act and Bane Act allow for restraining orders and lawsuits that seek damages. —David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023

Both bills would authorize the attorney general to bring an action to enjoin or seek damages or civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation and would allow parents or guardians of minors to sue for damages of up to $5,000 per user incident or for actual damages, whichever is greater. —Athena Jones, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023

The attorney general’s office would be authorized to bring an action to enjoin or seek damages or civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation. —Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023

Both lawsuits allege invasion of privacy and negligence and seek damages. —Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023

One unhappy harbinger for the Buffalo families could be a pair of Supreme Court decisions from May which rejected efforts by families of victims to seek damages from Google and Twitter for providing platforms for ISIS videos prior to two international terrorist attacks. —James Barron, New York Times, 25 July 2023