plaintiff
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Uber, FedEx and auto insurers have also filed racketeering suits against plaintiff firms and their abettors for allegedly fabricating and exaggerating injuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The other asks what a plaintiff must allege before suing over it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Defending Education, which sued UC in June 2026, is the sole plaintiff in the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The plaintiff in particular, professor Alison Hoagland, said, I regularly walk through this park.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The plaintiff, meaning Mr. Hobert?” says Principal Jenkins.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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Owen predicted that it will be a difficult fight for the plaintiffs, and the state is likely to prevail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
A coalition of seven business and retirement-industry groups argues that plaintiffs should have to plead comparators that are “actually comparable,” not just any fund that happened to do better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The plaintiffs say they have suffered losses amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars from wildfires, flooding and other weather extremes and are seeking compensation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Can you tell us what issues you centered in that brief, and just lay out what relief it was that the plaintiffs felt was so urgently needed?
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
Civil rights advocates considered and rejected two other black women as plaintiffs when planning a test case challenging segregation practices: Claudette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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