Collocations for sue - verb

successfully
unsuccessfully
promptly
Hammond promptly sued Gray for libel.

be able to, be entitled to, have the right to
be ready to, intend to, plan to
be likely to
threaten to

for
He threatened to sue the company for negligence.

over
The water authority was successfully sued over his illness.

Sue is used with these nouns as the subject:
employee, plaintiff

Sue is used with these nouns as the object:
company, defendant, employer, newspaper