countersuit

/ ˈkaʊntəˌsuːt /

noun

1. law a legal claim made as a reaction to a claim made against one

Example Sentences

A federal judge has officially shut down Justin Baldoni’s $400-million countersuit against Blake Lively — the latest development in a long and bitter legal feud that has shadowed their movie “It Ends With Us.”

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Months later, he filed a countersuit alleging property damage and emotional distress, but the case was dismissed, according to court records.

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Allen responded to the two lawsuits with a countersuit of his own in July 2023.

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Baldoni filed a $400 million countersuit alleging that Lively’s accusations are baseless and have caused serious harm to his career, reputation and personal life, further escalating the high-interest legal brawl.

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District Judge Lewis J. Liman rejected those theories in full, granting the motion to dismiss both the $400 million countersuit against Lively, Reynolds and others and the $250 million defamation claim against the Times.

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