verb
- to sue someone who has sued you; to bring a legal action against a plaintiff in response to their lawsuit
Usage: transitive or intransitive; legal term
Examples
- After being sued for breach of contract, the company decided to countersue for defamation.
- The defendant countersued the plaintiff, claiming damages for wrongful accusation.
- She was sued by her former employer but chose to countersue for wage theft.
- When the contractor was sued for poor workmanship, he countersued for non-payment.
- The two parties ended up countersuing each other over the disputed property.
- He countersued his neighbor after being named in a personal injury lawsuit.