as in complaint
a court case brought against the plaintiff of another court case by the defendant
The defendant filed a counterclaim for his own injuries, claiming that he only rear-ended the plaintiff because she had stopped too fast.
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Recent Examples of counterclaim
Baldoni's counterclaim is also progressing through the federal court system.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The deal collapses Lee assured Brody that Allen would not be involved in the management of the bar, Brody says in a counterclaim filed in February against Euphoric and UniKC.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025
The new suit is actually a counterclaim to a lawsuit Jones filed last December against Baldoni, his production company Wayfarer Studios, crisis manager Melissa Nathan, and publicist Jennifer Abel (who was previously Jones’ partner at her PR firm Jonesworks).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
And then the two teams responded to NASCAR’s counterclaims Wednesday, asserting that the counter-lawsuit should be dismissed.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The deal collapses Lee assured Brody that Allen would not be involved in the management of the bar, Brody says in a counterclaim filed in February against Euphoric and UniKC.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025
The new suit is actually a counterclaim to a lawsuit Jones filed last December against Baldoni, his production company Wayfarer Studios, crisis manager Melissa Nathan, and publicist Jennifer Abel (who was previously Jones’ partner at her PR firm Jonesworks).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
And then the two teams responded to NASCAR’s counterclaims Wednesday, asserting that the counter-lawsuit should be dismissed.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterclaim
Noun
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In an exhibit to HSM’s complaint, the marketing advance is detailed.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The figure is only representative of information and complaints submitted by victims to the IC3, FBI officials confirmed.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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The agency will be required to submit a report showing who is being held and who was arrested, along with the reasoning for both, every 60 days until the lawsuit is resolved.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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In 2008, the George W. Bush administration released an edition of the assessment four years late, and only after it was compelled to do so by a lawsuit.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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Other layoffs and policies have been subjected to stop-and-go litigation and court orders.—
Michael Kunzelman and Chris Megerian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Earlier this month, Illinois dropped its suit against Coinbase, making Wisconsin one of the last four states banning crypto staking as a result of the ongoing litigation against the company.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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Geffen’s countersuit also points out that Sun has been alleged to mistreat employees in the past, implying that Xiong may have been coerced into her confession.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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In August 2022, lawyers representing Ziz and a long-time follower named Gwen Danielson in a countersuit over the CFAR incident filed motions claiming Ziz had died after falling overboard earlier that month, and that Danielson was believed to have died by suicide (though prosecutors were skeptical).—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Counterclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterclaim. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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