injured party
One suffering harm
The injured party is the person or group who has suffered harm or loss in a legal dispute, contract breach, or wrongful act.
The term appears most often in legal contexts: The injured party sought damages for breach of contract.
Outside law, it can describe anyone wronged in a situation: She cast herself as the injured party in every argument.
- victimOne harmed by another
- complainantOne who lodges grievance
- aggrievedFeeling unjustly wronged
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
accident victim · legal remedy · tort · sufferer · casualty · at fault · restitution · harmed · bodily harm · civil action · legal action · compensation · pain · pain and suffering · emotional distress · wrongful death · legal recourse · wounded
- injured partiesvictim, accident victim, casualty, sufferer, harmed
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
- claimantsclaimant, plaintiff, petitioner, complainant, appellant
- liability insuranceliability insurance, liability coverage, general liability, personal liability, professional liability
- litigantslitigant, plaintiff, defendant, respondent, petitioner
injured partydefendant
Party facing charges
tortfeasor · accused · wrongdoer · respondent · perpetrator
party, injury, injured, parties, uninjured, injuring, injures, reinjure, reinjuring