The phrase "a claim says" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to what a particular assertion or statement communicates or conveys.
Example: "In her article, the author argues that a claim says the government should take immediate action to address climate change."
Alternatives: "an assertion states" or "a statement indicates".
"In this case check who underwrites the policy – this is the company paying in the event of a claim," says Tarling.
"If a game does not work as expected but the publisher is then able to remedy that, is there a claim?" says Jas Purewal, an interactive entertainment lawyer at Purewal & Partners.
"We often hear from passengers that they were told of 'technical issues' at the airport, only for it to change when the passenger goes to make a claim," says a spokesperson from Bott & Co, a legal firm that specialises in flight delay claims and represented passengers' interests in the KLM case.
"Right now it's just, 'We have done it.' It's a claim," says Dieter Egli, a stem cell biologist at Columbia University.
But two inmates filed a claim saying the guards forced them to beat the Asian detainees.
"Don't feel a need to rush home to file a claim" said National Flood Insurance Program chief executive David Maurstad.
The State of Arkansas and the Justice Department have also filed a claim, saying that the spill polluted waterways and that Exxon did not immediately repair the pipeline.
In July, Countrywide Home Loans filed a claim, saying that the borrowers owed almost $279,000 on their loan.
More recently a claim said that Box, the enterprise cloud filing company, would delay its stock market float, and that also happened.
"Just because an insurance company says 'no' the very first time you file a claim," said Tony Steuer, the group's director of financial preparedness, doesn't mean you should give up.
Researcher Bruno Lemaitre stakes a claim, saying he did virtually all the work that was supposed to have earned French immunologist Jules Hoffmann the prize.
