settle a lawsuit
idiom
: to end a lawsuit before the court makes a decision about it
They agreed to pay $100,000 to settle the lawsuit.
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Aldermen also approved in a 34-to-15 vote Wednesday a $280,000 deal to settle a lawsuit against the city from Miracle Boyd, an activist whose front tooth was knocked out when a police officer punched her at a July 2020 protest.
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Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Elon Musk’s social media platform will reportedly become the second to settle a lawsuit brought against it by President Donald Trump.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Social media company X has agreed to pay about $10 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump, who has put X’s billionaire owner Elon Musk in charge of a major government cost- and staff-cutting effort.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
The city of Minneapolis will pay $600,000, including attorney fees, to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who says then-police officer Derek Chauvin used excessive force against her in 2020, four months before Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd, killing him.
—Minnesota Public Radio News, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Elon Musk’s social media platform will reportedly become the second to settle a lawsuit brought against it by President Donald Trump.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Social media company X has agreed to pay about $10 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump, who has put X’s billionaire owner Elon Musk in charge of a major government cost- and staff-cutting effort.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
The city of Minneapolis will pay $600,000, including attorney fees, to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who says then-police officer Derek Chauvin used excessive force against her in 2020, four months before Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd, killing him.
—Minnesota Public Radio News, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
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