The phrase "associates sued" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to a situation where associates, such as business partners or employees, have taken legal action against someone.
Example: "The associates sued the company for breach of contract after their concerns were ignored."
Alternatives: "partners litigated" or "employees filed a lawsuit".
The dispute escalated in 2005 when Mr. De Vos and his associates sued Mr. Perelman in State Supreme Court in Manhattan in an effort to collect the $1 million they claimed they were owed on the unpaid items.
In this particular case, landlord Upper East Lease Associates sued a tenant for roughly $12,000 in unpaid rent.
He and his two associates sued 11 newspapers for libel in relation to 100 articles published by Associated Newspapers, Northern & Shell Expresss group), Mirror Group Newspapers and News Group Newspapers (News International).
business associate, sued and, according to U.S. Tax Court records, settled the IRS claims for $1 million.
Last month, in a move that shocked some of their friends but hardly surprised many of Mr. Allen's business associates, he sued Ms. Doumanian in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
Collins, his wife and an associate were sued in South Carolina state court last year by a pastor who said she invested $100,000 with him and never saw her money again.
However, the negative PR associated with suing potential customers has generally chilled the number of piracy cases brought against consumers – in 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America RIAAannouncedced that it would no longer sue individual users.
Aaron B. Charney, a former Sullivan & Cromwell associate who famously sued his employer in 2007, accusing it of discrimination, has landed at another large firm.
The legal letter, sent by Green's solicitors at Linklaters, warns Chappell and his associates that they could be sued.
The regulator sued Stanford, two associates and three of his businesses last year, accusing them of fraud involving the sale of certificates of deposit through the Antigua-based Stanford International Bank Ltd.
By 2004, Fo was being sued by an associate of Berlusconi after he staged a satire that poked fun at Berlusconi's small stature.
