A plaintiff (Π in legal shorthand) is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court. By doing so, the plaintiff seeks a legal...

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to bring claims on behalf of consumers. In a typical class action, a plaintiff sues a defendant or a number of defendants on behalf of a group, or class...

The eggshell rule (also thin skull rule, papier-mâché-plaintiff rule, or talem qualem rule) is a well-established legal doctrine in common law, used in...

Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendant seeks to become a third-party plaintiff by filing a third party complaint against a third party not presently...

A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law. The...

(August 2, 1918 – June 20, 1961) was an African-American welder who was the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board...

original actor. The plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant's action increased the risk that the particular harm suffered by the plaintiff would occur....

a complaint in which the plaintiff describes the remedies that the plaintiff seeks from the court. For example, the plaintiff may ask for an award of compensatory...

by which the plaintiff demands that the defendant return a thing that belongs to the plaintiff. It may be used only when the plaintiff owns the thing...

– February 18, 2017), also known by the pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme...

Plaintiff M70 is a decision by the High Court of Australia. The lawsuit concerned an injunction sought by multiple Afghan asylum seekers against immigration...

commonly called the injured party or plaintiff, can recover their losses as damages in a lawsuit. To prevail, the plaintiff in the lawsuit must generally show...

Plaintiff M61/2010E v Commonwealth of Australia; Plaintiff M69 of 2010 v Commonwealth of Australia is a decision of the High Court of Australia in its...

plaintiffs alleged the Church then mobilized an aggressive harassment campaign against them, called Fair Game in Scientology practice. The plaintiffs...

Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth, also known as 'S157', is a decision of the High Court of Australia. It is an important case in Australian Administrative...

2006) is available from: CourtListener  Findlaw  Google Scholar  Leagle  Plaintiff Daniel Wallace's Memorandum on Motion for Summary Judgment (Groklaw)...

"Aulus Agerius" were used in relation to hypothetical defendants and plaintiffs. The names "John Doe" (or "John Do") and "Richard Roe" (along with "John...

copyright owner, as plaintiff, bears the burden of establishing these three elements of the prima facie case for infringement. A plaintiff establishes ownership...

jurisdictions have, for example, become known as "plaintiff-friendly" and thus have attracted plaintiffs to file new cases there, even if there is little...

loss. To successfully pursue a claim of negligence through a lawsuit, a plaintiff must establish the "elements" of negligence. In most jurisdictions there...

appointment of a plaintiff or group of plaintiffs to serve as the lead plaintiff. More than one plaintiff typically seeks to serve as the lead plaintiff. The court...

sexual misconduct. If the plaintiff proves that such a statement was made and was false, to recover damages the plaintiff need only prove that someone...

editors and staff. They were joined in the suit by eight additional plaintiffs, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. On October 23...

based on negligence. If it is available, the defense completely bars plaintiffs from any recovery if they contribute to their own injury through their...

of the other is 95% of the cause of the plaintiff's injury, and the plaintiff is 5% responsible, the plaintiff's slight fault cannot negate the negligence...

the claims made by the plaintiff were invalid, based on the content of their website from several years prior. The plaintiff, Healthcare Advocates, then...

Interpleader is a civil procedure device that allows a plaintiff or a defendant to initiate a lawsuit in order to compel two or more other parties to...

itself”). A barrel of flour fell from a second-story loft and hit the plaintiff on his shoulder. Though there were two witnesses who saw the injury, there...

open that the plaintiff may file another suit on the same claim. The inverse phrase is dismissal with prejudice, in which the plaintiff is barred from...