defendant is the term that would be used for persons who are being sued in a civil case.
defendant is the term that would be used for persons who are being sued in a civil case.
what term would be used for persons who are being sued in a civil case?
defendant
twenty-one relatives of the deceased passengers filed a civil suit against the security company responsible for checking the passengers, zao east-line aviation security. they demanded 3,000,000 rubles (approximately €86,600 or us$115,000) in damages per victim. the trial in that case started in volgograd on 22 february 2007. the security company claimed that it was not liable for damages, but the persons who organized the bombings were. the court handling the civil case sent a request to the prosecutor's office to get an update on the criminal investigation. the investigation was suspended indefinitely on 26 september 2006. according to the investigator who was handling the case, the people helping the suicide bombers at the airport were killed in chechnya, the people responsible for planning the bombings were not identified (shamil basayev, who claimed responsibility for organizing the bombings, was also killed), and consequently the investigation was suspended due to lack of suspects. that civil case was still in court . other passengers' relatives also sued the russian ministry of internal affairs, s7 airlines and two insurance companies, ingosstrakh and oao afes for damages (none of the defendants acknowledge any liability). on 21 october 2007, the court in the latter case found s7 airlines liable for damages and ruled they should pay the relative of the victim in question 250,000 rubles (approximately €7,000), which was about 10% of what the plaintiffs asked for. s7's initial appeal was rejected by the court on 27 may 2008. a new s7 appeal was successful in april 2009 and the verdict was rejected. relatives of the passenger appealed against the decision, but their appeal was dismissed in august 2009. they plan to appeal to a higher court.
2004 russian aircraft bombings
section::::dassi erlich and civil case.









































one of the alleged victims of the case, dassi erlich came out publicly in march 2017, and began campaigning for the extradition and changes in the adass community.









































in 2015, prior to the public revelation of her name, erlich sued the school in a civil case. in september 2015, after the school had refused to settle out of court, a civil case in the supreme court of victoria in melbourne awarded erlich $1.27 million in damages against the adass israel school and the alleged perpetrator.
adass israel school sex abuse scandal