Lawsuit meaning in English

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Definition

a lawsuit: a criminal charge or trial noun
a (racial discrimination) suit: a legal trial, charge (claiming that someone has been the victim of racism) noun

Examples

  • "A lawsuit sounds good, Saul, but who can I sue?"
  • "This company doesn't need any more lawsuits."
  • "We don't want to risk any health and safety lawsuits."
  • "After all, we don't want our favorite office "Frenchie" to end up in a lawsuit because he squeezed someone's booty a little hard, now, do we?"
  • "Did I hear someone say "lawsuit"?"
  • "Furthermore, with every firing there is a possibility of wrongful dismissal suits, which can be extremely costly."
Exercise 1
In his email, what reason does Bruno give for asking Kevin to buy the equipment?
In his email, what reason does Bruno give for asking Kevin to buy the equipment?
This is the best choice. Bruno writes "we don't want to risk any health and safety lawsuits". This means that if the Delavigne Corporation does not give its factory workers this health and safety equipment, then if the workers have an accident, they may be able to "sue" the Corporation for damages. This is an example of a possible legal problem!
Bruno does not write that the health of Delavigne employees is important to him. I suspect that Bruno DOES care about his workers, but this isn't the right answer here because it is not the reason he gives in his email.
Bruno does not write that the equipment should be bought because it is inexpensive or cheap.
Bruno does not write that the equipment should be bought because there is surplus budget left to spend.

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