1. a legal case in which a person or organization claims to have been harmed by someone and asks a court for compensation or other remedy

Examples

• The company faced a lawsuit from customers who were injured by the defective product.
• She filed a lawsuit against her former employer for wrongful termination.
• The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
• His lawyer advised him that he had grounds for a lawsuit.
• The celebrity won the lawsuit against the tabloid magazine.
• The class-action lawsuit represented thousands of affected consumers.