The word "sued" is correct and usable in written English. It is a verb that means to bring a legal action against someone. For example, "The family sued the company for negligence.".
He sued.
"It's not a particularly ambitious action," said Sarah Burt, a lawyer for Earthjustice which first sued the EPA in 2007 on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, and the Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups.
I don't know that any woman ever directly rejected Don Francisco's physical prodding on an aired episode of Sábado Gigante – but he was sued for sexual harassment by a cast member (it was settled out of court).
All they care about is not being sued so they send ambulances out for everything.
In 2004 he sued Apple for using a song in one of its television commercials without permission.
Who am I? I can be sued for calling a public individual fraudulent but not a whole scientific community or organisation – because climate scientists and the IPCC are fraudulent.
It is not clear why Timchenko sued the Economist, rather than write a letter of complaint.
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