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• The high court also said that the three men were entitled to seek damages.
  — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 9 Sep. 2021
• Elizabeth Zavala has more on the suits, which seek damages in excess of $1 million.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2021
• Rather than seek damages, the nonprofit asked the court to force Shell to reduce its carbon emissions.
  — Sarah McFarlane, WSJ, 26 May 2021
• The legal threat, announced Monday, marks the first time Airbnb will seek damages against a customer for throwing a party.
  — Danielle Abril, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2020
• The suits seek damages for injuries and psychological trauma to the people aboard the train.
  — Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
• Those claims seek damages from the retail chains as distributors of painkillers but not as dispensers.
  — Mark Gillespie, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Chaney's attorney, Leonard Mungo, said the lawsuit doesn't just seek damages but is designed to deter the type of conduct alleged in the complaint.
  — Corey Williams, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2021
• Schecter also ruled that Kesha will now be able to seek damages and attorneys fee, the outlet reported.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2021
• The suits seek damages to deter such behavior in the future and injunctions restoring my accounts.
  — Donald J. Trump, WSJ, 8 July 2021
• Hough is asking for a trial by jury for her claims and plans to seek damages as well as statutory damages and attorney's fees.
  — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
• The high court reversed a lower-court ruling that would have allowed Ramon Cortesluna to seek damages from the Union City officer.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2021
• Plaintiffs seek damages for those affected by the water crisis.
  — CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
• Kesha will also be allowed to seek damages and legal-fee repayment.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 June 2021
• The plaintiffs seek damages and a ban on schools collaborating to calculate aid packages.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 10 Jan. 2022
• Families of passengers who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia can seek damages for the pain and terror suffered by victims in the minutes before the plane flew nose-down into the ground, a federal judge has ruled.
  — David Koenig, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2023
• But none of the settlement funds went to the children — and now a federal appeals court says youngsters can seek damages from Google and its alleged collaborators under state laws.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2022
• Some states let families sue clinics that fail to screen donors, even when the parents seek damages associated with the birth of the child with a dangerous genetic condition.
  — Sonia Suter, Quartz, 22 Jan. 2022
• The lawsuits seek damages for the physical and emotional injuries the plaintiffs sustained during the insurrection.
  — Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
• Under European Union law, Moderna can seek damages based on vaccines sold or manufactured in Germany, the spokesman said.
  — Joseph Walker, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• Instead of allowing Moskowitz to seek damages, the panel sought to reserve recoveries for repaying the creditors.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 May 2023
• Gordon said in his prepared statement that the health system will seek damages from the vendor, Ultimate Kronos Group, which maintains the health system’s timekeeping and scheduling data.
  — Suzanne Roig, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2022
• Once signed into law, students or employees can seek damages under Florida's civil rights laws.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2022
• If such a person dies, survivors now will be allowed to seek damages for all harm caused by injuries to the victim — including pain, suffering and disfigurement — as well as economic losses.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Current and former tenants will also have a second opportunity to seek damages for the improper fees in a class-action lawsuit that won a successful appeal last month.
  — Sophie Kasakove, ProPublica, 21 Feb. 2023
• The employee, an attorney, also plans to seek damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  — Prudy Gourguechon, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• If the companies do not do so, the bill empowers the state attorney general and cities to take legal action against them, and allows individuals to seek damages if they were hurt as a result of a gun company’s actions.
  — New York Times, 8 June 2021
• Both lawsuits allege invasion of privacy and negligence and seek damages.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024