the plaintiff makes a legal complaint in a court proceeding.
the plaintiff makes a legal complaint in a court proceeding.
who makes a legal complaint in a court proceeding?
the plaintiff
on june 21, 2019, five plaintiffs—singer-songwriter steve earle, the estates of the late tupac shakur and tom petty, and the bands hole and soundgarden—filed a class action lawsuit in the united states district court for the central district of california against umg. in the legal complaint, the plaintiffs claim umg never told artists about the effects of the fire and had breached its contracts with its artists by failing to properly secure its master tape collection. the complaint also claims umg did not share insurance or legal payouts received from the fire, and states: "umg concealed its massive recovery from plaintiffs, apparently hoping it could keep it all to itself by burying the truth in sealed court filings and a confidential settlement agreement." the lawsuit also alleges that universal had compiled a master inventory list of master tapes that had been destroyed. the plaintiffs seek to recover half of any insurance payments umg received from the fire, and half of any losses that were not covered by those settlements. an uninvolved industry attorney told "billboard" that the case concerned property rights, as in whether umg or the artists owned the master tapes. on july 17, universal filed a motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit.
2008 universal fire
once a court proceeding has started, the person whom the proceeding has been brought against can answer the claims being made and make new claims. in the provincial court, this answer is called a reply. in the supreme court, two court forms can be used: a response to family claim and a counterclaim. in the provincial court and in the supreme court, the person answering a court proceeding is called the "respondent".









































applicants and respondents (in the provincial court), and claimants and respondents (in the supreme court), are called the "parties" to the court proceeding.
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