sue for damages
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: to sue to get money for unfair treatment, damage, etc., that one has suffered
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If a company violates the terms, the person who is harmed is allowed to sue for damages.
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Kate Wolffe
october 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
While the city has rarely, if ever, given out tickets for not shoveling, the existence of an ordinance means that if it is violated, a person may be able to sue for damages.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The question for the Supreme Court was whether Congress had the authority to subject the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority to the jurisdiction of federal courts, which would allow the victims of those attacks to sue for damages.
—Cnn.com, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
Delaware Vice Chancellor Travis Laster declined to block the reincorporation, but noted that the shareholders could sue for damages as a result of their loss of protections and litigation rights.
—Priya Cherian Huskins, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Kate Wolffe
october 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
While the city has rarely, if ever, given out tickets for not shoveling, the existence of an ordinance means that if it is violated, a person may be able to sue for damages.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The question for the Supreme Court was whether Congress had the authority to subject the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority to the jurisdiction of federal courts, which would allow the victims of those attacks to sue for damages.
—Cnn.com, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
Delaware Vice Chancellor Travis Laster declined to block the reincorporation, but noted that the shareholders could sue for damages as a result of their loss of protections and litigation rights.
—Priya Cherian Huskins, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sue for damages
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“Sue for damages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sue%20for%20damages. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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