noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
file a complaint/lawsuit/petition etc (against sb)
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Mr Genoa filed a formal complaint against the department.
settle a lawsuit/case
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The city will pay $875,000 to settle the lawsuit.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civil
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Every wrongful imprisonment could lead to a civil lawsuit against the city.
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The Archdiocese of San Francisco filed a civil lawsuit alleging that Greenlaw misappropriated up to $ 250, 000 from the church.
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Reimer agreed to pay $ 46 million in the civil lawsuit .
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Nearly 90 percent of business leaders in the state rank civil lawsuits as their most serious problem, they say.
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In Milwaukee, numerous civil rights lawsuits led to monetary damage awards to victims of police actions.
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Harris said the family is considering filing a civil lawsuit against the hospital.
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Instead, the question before the justices is whether a sitting president is immune from a civil lawsuit until he leaves office.
federal
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To the tobacco industry he has granted an end to the federal lawsuits on behalf of the victims of smoking.
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The protesters have also filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages and an injunction against certain uses of pepper spray.
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The City already is facing two federal lawsuits filed by business interests that want the law overturned.
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For a while, there was a federal lawsuit being filed even day... no kidding, one a day.
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The federal lawsuit asks a judge to step in and halt the project until the environmental issues are sorted out.
frivolous
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And if that was not outrageous enough, Carter filed a frivolous lawsuit against his own victim, which was promptly dismissed.
wrongful
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Meanwhile, sources said Friday that Simpson will begin his deposition in the wrongful death lawsuit Monday.
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death
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Meanwhile, sources said Friday that Simpson will begin his deposition in the wrongful death lawsuit Monday.
discrimination
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Then, in 1994, he was approached by a colleague to work on a race discrimination lawsuit against Texaco Inc.
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The settlement is the largest ever in a U.S. race discrimination lawsuit , according to the U.S.
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He was a key figure in a discrimination lawsuit aimed at integrating the department.
infringement
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The 4-4 tie upholds a federal appeals court decision in Lotus's copyright infringement lawsuit .
shareholder
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It would make California a mecca for shareholder lawsuits .
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Voters rejected measures to ban most lawsuits resulting from car accidents, limit shareholder lawsuits and slash lawyers' contingency fees.
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Voters also defeated Proposition 201, a complicated measure aimed at restricting shareholder lawsuits , which have plagued Silicon Valley high-tech companies.
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Opponents say the shareholders lawsuits are merely nuisance suits aimed at securing out-of-court settlements.
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But Spectrum soon became mired in losses, and when the stock plummeted, it was hit by numerous shareholder lawsuits .
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Two Disney shareholder lawsuits were filed against the current and former directors of the company, charging them with wasting corporate assets.
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Stevens International Inc. said it agreed in principle to settle a class-action shareholder lawsuit against it.
■ VERB
accord
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Since his resignation, Smith has suffered chronic headaches, depression and insomnia, according to the lawsuit .
allege
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She was held in jail overnight, and she alleges in her lawsuit that guards taunted her with ethnic slurs.
avoid
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The original name, Barley Juice, was shortened to Juice to avoid a lawsuit with another beer mag.
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Department heads should be better trained to evaluate employees more fairly and accurately to avoid costly lawsuits , he added.
bring
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Such awards are made to discourage plaintiffs from bringing groundless lawsuits which burden the courts.
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Cameron the right to bring her own lawsuit and thus requiring her to find an attorney to represent her.
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Are students or teachers who bring successful civil rights lawsuits entitled to recover their attorneys' fees?
claim
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The lawsuit claims that Sagan ignored the request and went forward with the production of the movie.
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Nevertheless, several individuals who have come in contact with Staff Pro have filed lawsuits claiming mistreatment.
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A group of prominent black lawyers is preparing lawsuits for next year claiming reparations for slavery from government and private companies.
dismiss
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It was also last month that a federal judge refused to dismiss the state lawsuit against Desert Diamond Casino.
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Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to challenge a federal judge's decision last month dismissing her defamation lawsuit against Liddy.
drop
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The quality of the additional research was such that the tobacco manufacturers informed Stivoro that they wanted to drop the lawsuit .
face
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The foundation still faces several lawsuits over its management of the collection.
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But now, Rohr faces a new lawsuit involving some of the same issues.
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The company faces a class-action lawsuit filed by two debtors in Massachusetts over the credit-card issues.
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The City already is facing two federal lawsuits filed by business interests that want the law overturned.
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Philadelphia-based Reading Energy Co. also said Illinois will face bondholder lawsuits if the repeal stands.
fight
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Car-parts maker Federal-Mogul recently secured Dollars 550m in extra credit to avoid bankruptcy and fight its asbestos lawsuits .
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The state spent more than $ 80, 000 to fight their lawsuit .
file
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It has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft stating that it has infringed two Stac patents.
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He filed a lawsuit in federal court in Florida in 1978.
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It is a far cry from his response when the woman filed the lawsuit .
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Those in the anti- barrier camp filed a lawsuit in March 1996 to reopen Shade Road.
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They all filed lawsuits , complaining that their civil rights had been violated.
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Hennigan filed a lawsuit on behalf of the survivors' families accusing the gun maker, Navegar Inc. of Miami.
settle
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BJohnson-Meszoras said that if the federal government finalizes its approval, settling her clients' lawsuit will become more difficult.
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Wright State has settled a lawsuit filed by Ralph Underhill agreeing to pay the former basketball coach about $ 125, 000.
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Meanwhile Microsoft settled one anti-trust lawsuit with an estimated payment to the software company Caldera of $ 275m.
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Stevens International Inc. said it agreed in principle to settle a class-action shareholder lawsuit against it.
threaten
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Meanwhile, attorneys general from across the United States threatened lawsuits for failure to deliver promised services.
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Barnett is not threatening lawsuits at this point.
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Isetan would not comment on how much the bankruptcy filing might cost it, or on Barneys' threatened lawsuit .
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W sports shop in nearby Catonsville, Tim Watson, to threaten a lawsuit .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bring charges/a lawsuit/a court case/a prosecution/a claim (against sb)
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A Pennsylvania state appeals court also has said a state airbag lawsuit can proceed despite federal safety rules.
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And a group of Redford residents is trying to mount a class-action lawsuit against the government.
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B South Pasadena has 30 days to file a lawsuit to block the freeway.
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But the lawsuits have not gone away.
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However, the Blumenfeld lawsuit and supporting documents show possible inconsistencies in some of the reports Mr Goldinger sent to clients.
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Surprise: The cops' evidence is turned against them in the lawsuit .
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The lawsuit , filed Tuesday in state court in Houston, seeks unspecified damages.
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Will employers be tempted to screen potential employees to protect themselves from lawsuits afterwards from workers who contract such diseases?