How to Use settle a lawsuit in a Sentence
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The city agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Tamir’s family.
—Eric Heisig, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2020
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Now, the city is ponying up to settle a lawsuit filed by the firefighter, Latosha Clemons, in April.
—Wells Dusenbury, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2021
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TikTok has agreed to settle a lawsuit charging that the video-sharing site causes addiction among teen users.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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The band agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit in response to the incident.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Last year, the city of Aurora agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by McClain's parents.
—Colleen Slevin, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
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Last year, the city of Aurora agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by McClain’s parents.
—Colleen Slevin, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
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Aurora last year agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit by McClain’s family.
—Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2022
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SiriusXM is set to pay millions to settle a lawsuit claiming the company repeatedly called people who were on do-not-call lists.
—James Powel, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
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The company is currently in talks to settle a lawsuit that argued Poppi’s drinks are not as healthy as the company claims, according to court filings.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
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Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the tech giant had discriminated against women in pay and promotions.
—Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 13 June 2022
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That’s how much Wells Fargo has agreed to pay its shareholders to settle a lawsuit accusing the bank of overstating its progress in recovering from scandals.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 16 May 2023
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In 2022, the city agreed to pay Scott’s family members $450,000 to settle a lawsuit over his death.
—Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Jan. 2026
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TikTok is moving to settle a lawsuit with a woman who alleged that the company and other social media giants designed their platforms to addict young users, the first such case to go to trial.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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The city of Los Angeles will pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought on behalf of a teen who lost his leg in a 2023 hit-and-run in Boyle Heights.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
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The decision comes as the government seeks to settle a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ and historic preservation groups challenging the flag’s removal.
—Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Corrections released the video in 2024 to settle a lawsuit filed by investigative journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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In addition, Newsmax in September 2024 reached an agreement to pay $40 million to settle a lawsuit filed by voting-tech firm Smartmatic.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
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Tax dollars spent to settle a lawsuit over the way Andrea Santiago's van, and thousands of other vehicles, were targeted by the city as abandoned, taken without the proper notification, and sold for scrap.
—Dave Savini, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
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The Oglethorpe County School District just paid nearly $300,000 to settle a lawsuit with a former Georgia teacher of the year finalist.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
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Cabarrus County plans to settle a lawsuit with former County Manager Mike Downs, who sued the county over unpaid severance and other compensation, according to court records.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
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Cincinnati City Council approved two motions that support Cincinnati firefighters and settle a lawsuit, ensuring more support is given to firefighters who have occupational illnesses.
—Alexis Martin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
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In July 2025, the county secretly paid Murray $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the county in April 2024.
—David Plymyer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026
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And in May, Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a Kentucky school district over addiction claims — which had been set to be the first of hundreds of similar cases to go to trial.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
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Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission accusing it of illegally collecting personal data from children on YouTube.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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James’s office also secured a settlement with MoneyGram, with the payment company agreeing to pay a $250,000 fine in exchange to settle a lawsuit her office filed in 2022.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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In 2021, TeamHealth agreed to pay $48 million to settle a lawsuit in which two former employees alleged the company routinely billed for nonexistent doctor examinations and critical care services.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Big number $67 million That’s how much the right-wing cable channel Newsmax has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems to settle a lawsuit over the network’s egregious lies about the 2020 election.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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In 2022, Andrew made an undisclosed payment to settle a lawsuit brought in the United States by Giuffre, who died by suicide in April 2025, months before the publication of her memoir.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
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In June of this year, a northern Colorado city agreed to pay $675,000 to settle a lawsuit after police shot and paralyzed Herkimer, a healthy 14-month-old family dog who was later euthanized because of his injuries.
—Vanessa Shakib, Oc Register, 23 July 2026
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New York Reuters — Elon Musk’s social media company X Corp has reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by former Twitter employees who said they were owed $500 million in severance pay.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
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