Sentence examples for fought compensation from inspiring English sources

Union Carbide fought compensation payouts tooth and nail – arguing that all 200,000 claimants would have to appear in court because disease was endemic in the area and how were they to know claims were not spurious.

For six years, the Home Office had fought compensation claims, using the statute of limitations to avoid payment in a costly legal fight that went all the way to the House of Lords, and even suggesting that one victim was "genetically predisposed" to being abused.

But Wall Street, its lobbyists and trade groups are waging a feverish lobbying campaign to try to fight compensation curbs.

The government has fought any compensation for such claims, preferring instead to implement programs to restore native culture and languages.

Among many campaigns, he fought for compensation for victims of Nazi medical experiments and the return of property seized from Jews during World War II.

As BP fought over compensation for Gulf of Mexico communities in the US courts they were throwing money at the Tate in an attempt to de-toxify their brand".

Mike Cain, an employment lawyer at Slater & Gordon, who successfully fought for compensation for warehouse workers and delivery drivers working for the collapsed Comet retail business, said: "Self-employed contracts are playing a major part in the so-called economic revival.

The couple have fought for compensation and an apology after papers came to light in 2011, during the Libyan revolution, that revealed the role played by British intelligence officers in their kidnapping.

The soldiers and civilians who worked on France's notorious nuclear tests in the Sahara desert and south Pacific have long fought for compensation for the cancer and long-term health effects they blame on the state's failure to protect them.

For years, workers at Samsung's semiconductor plants have fought for compensation related to the deaths of more than 40 workers from cancer, which is believed caused by carcinogens originating in the chip manufacturing process.

"In similar class actions we've fought, the compensation can range from £15,000 to £50,000, but it depends on the frequency and severity of abuse and the ongoing damage".