claimant
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Lawyers who are experts in tort claims said the bureaucratic process is lengthy and complex, and any damage award would likely be lower than what a claimant is seeking.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
If the agency doesn’t respond or denies a claim, the claimant can then file suit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Another claimant said she had experienced pain in her hands and feet.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
“Where a claimant provides information to a media outlet, and commission staff learn of the allegations from the media outlet, a claimant has not provided the commission with information,” the agency wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
If a marriageable son belonged to the family where she boarded a proposal was automatic; if there was more than one claimant, vicious fights occurred over her hand.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
After an emotional 11-week trial -- during which Harry gave in-person evidence -- judge Matthew Nicklin sided with the publisher in a July 7 ruling, concluding the "claimants failed to prove their pleaded allegations".
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Their planned changes would save £22bn in reforms to the disability programme alone, he added, seeing nearly three million claimants have their payments withdrawn or modified.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The “last grizzly killed” has several claimants: In Orange County, it was in February 1908, when a huge steel trap was laid for a bear that had been stealing honeycombs from hives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
They are negotiating settlement agreements with claimants, whose lawyers say the estate wants to secure a deal as soon as possible to fix a potential liability and understand the extent of the financial damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Pay them for the value of their animals,” she told Reznak, “but henceforth claimants must present themselves at the Temple of the Graces and swear a holy oath before the gods of Ghis.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
