Sentence examples for sued to pay from inspiring English sources

You also can't read it without shaking your head in dismay: Even as innocent Madoff victims are being sued to pay back other innocent Madoff victims, the enabling banks get to walk away.

In March, the Guardian found that Trump valued a New York golf course at $50m in one document and at $1.4m in a court filing (he sued to pay lower taxes).

"I feel that Marco Rubio should be sued to pay back all the money that the federal government paid him while he was off playing around running for president," Reid said.

In his February State of the State address, Gov. Rick Perry praised a loser-pays approach that would require "those who sue" to pay lawyers' fees.

In some cases, just the threat of a lawsuit can cause the person you are considering suing to pay you.[6].

Workers across the country have sued to be paid for that time, and now they'll have their day at the Supreme Court, where oral arguments in Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk are expected to begin this Wednesday.

When the British decided to increase the pay of Virginia parsons, Reverend James Maury sued to claim back pay.

J. P. Morgan Chase sued to force the insurers to pay the bonds.

From Bonn (Beethoven's birthplace) comes word that violinists of the Beethoven Orchestra are suing to be paid more than their wind- and percussion-playing colleagues, because they produce more music.

In 1995, Congress let lapse the tax on chemical and petroleum companies which funnelled money into Superfund, and now the E.P.A. often must sue companies to pay for the removal of the toxic waste they have left behind.

A bipartisan bill has been proposed to force so-called patent trolls, those who hoard patents for the sole purpose of suing innovators, to pay the legal costs if their frivolous patent lawsuits fail in court.