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
• 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
• 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
• The band agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit in response to the incident.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
• 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
• 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
• Aurora last year agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit by McClain’s family.
  — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The police department paid $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by McClain’s family.
  — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2026
• 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
• 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
• Despite a grand jury determining the detective was justified in shooting him, the city council agreed to settle a lawsuit Henderson filed for $3 million.
  — Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 30 July 2026
• 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
• 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
• Corrections released the video in 2024 to settle a lawsuit filed by investigative journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson.
  — Paul Egan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
• Fox had to pay $787 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, one of the technology firms singled out in Fox’s coverage of the election.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The popular national chain of gas stations and convenience stores agreed to settle a lawsuit with an oddities store outside Winter Park earlier this year over a collection of merchandise parodying the company’s iconic, bucktoothed logo.
  — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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