How to Use countersuit in a Sentence

countersuit

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  • The two sides return to court to set a trial date in November; arguments will be heard the countersuit in August.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 15 June 2024
  • Morton & Germany filed the countersuit regarding the sale and said the foreclosure claims were fraudulent.
    — Neil Strebig, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
  • The attorney general responded with the countersuit seeking the shelter’s closure.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • In a countersuit, the actor won the right to don the mask.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Then, rather than settle the case, Conley filed a countersuit in the summer of 2018.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
  • In regards to Heard's countersuit brought against Depp, he was found to have defamed her on one of three claims.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • In the countersuit, Depp was found guilty of one charge of libel and Heard was awarded $2 million.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • Araiza filed a countersuit last year against the woman who had filed the civil lawsuit.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Heard won $2 million in damages from Depp in the countersuit.
    — Vulture, 7 June 2022
  • The school disputed her claims in a countersuit, and the case ended in a settlement in 2014.
    — Anna Clark and David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2022
  • In March, a Clark County judge allowed Carter’s countersuit to go through.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The case includes a $100 million countersuit filed by Heard.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2022
  • Heard filed a countersuit against one of those charges, and received damages of $2 million.
    — Men's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In her countersuit, Heard won one of the three defamation counts, and she was awarded $2 million in damages.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Heard also won part of her countersuit against Depp, over comments his lawyer made calling her claims of abuse a hoax.
    — Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • The actress won one of three claims in the countersuit against her former husband and was awarded $2 million.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • For her countersuit, Depp was ordered to pay Heard $2 million.
    — Emlyn Travis and Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 May 2023
  • Cook then filed a countersuit claiming defamation and fraud.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • Heard's lawyers, who have filed their own countersuit against Depp, say nothing in the article libels him.
    — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • In Heard's countersuit, Depp was found to have defamed his ex-wife, who was awarded $2 million in damages.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The settlement comes after nearly a decade of suits and countersuits.
    — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • And Heard has filed a countersuit against Depp that accuses his lawyers of defaming her.
    — Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Allen’s countersuits claim that one of the women defamed him and that the other illegally took his cell phone.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 13 July 2023
  • The board unanimously passed the motion to file a countersuit on Monday.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2023
  • Her lawsuit was dismissed in 2016, and Gottwald filed a defamation countersuit against Kesha, which was settled out of court.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The countersuit alleged that Pitt attempted to get physical with one of their kids after the child came to Jolie’s defense.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In response, Depp, 59, countered Heard's appeal with one of his own to overturn the $2 million verdict in her countersuit.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Heard, 36, was awarded $2 million for one of her defamation countersuit claims.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
  • Heard, meanwhile, won one of her three defamation countersuit claims and was awarded $2 million.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Jolie has stated in a countersuit that no such agreement between the two existed.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 11 July 2023

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