Update Lawsuit

Updates the lawsuit for an event. Only provided fields are updated. Send null for a field to clear its value. Omit a field to preserve its existing value.

Required permission: company.event:export

PATCH /api/external/companies/{companyId}/events/{eventId}/lawsuit

cURL

updateFields

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://app.aiinsurance.io/api/external/companies/{companyId}/events/{eventId}/lawsuit \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "caseName": "Smith v. Jones Insurance Co. (Amended)",
  "settlementDemand": "500000"
}
'

200

success

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001",
  "companyId": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "eventId": "770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "caseNumber": "CASE-2026-001",
  "caseName": "Smith v. Jones Insurance Co. (Amended)",
  "lawsuitFiledDate": "2026-01-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "suitServedDate": null,
  "trialDate": null,
  "venueName": "District Court of Springfield",
  "venueAddress": null,
  "judgeName": null,
  "plaintiffs": null,
  "plaintiffAttorneyId": null,
  "plaintiffLawFirmId": null,
  "plaintiffAddress": null,
  "settlementDemand": "500000",
  "settlementType": null,
  "arbitrationInvolved": null,
  "dateDefenseCounselAdded": null,
  "expertDefense": null,
  "expertPlaintiff": null,
  "declaratoryJudgementFiledDate": null,
  "createdAt": "2026-01-10T10:30:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-17T14:20:00.000Z"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API key authentication. Include your API key in the Authorization header.

Path Parameters

companyId · string<uuid> · required

Company identifier

eventId · string<uuid> · required

Event identifier

Body

application/json

caseNumber · string | null

Court case number (send null to clear)

caseName · string | null

Name of the case (send null to clear)

lawsuitFiledDate · string<date-time> | null

Date lawsuit was filed (ISO 8601, send null to clear)

suitServedDate · string<date-time> | null

Date suit was served (ISO 8601, send null to clear)

trialDate · string<date-time> | null

Scheduled trial date (ISO 8601, send null to clear)

venueName · string | null

Name of the court venue (send null to clear)

venueAddress · object | null

Address of the court venue (send null to clear)

Show child attributes

judgeName · string | null

Name of the presiding judge (send null to clear)

plaintiffs · string[] | null

List of plaintiff names (send null to clear)

plaintiffAttorneyId · string<uuid> | null

Attorney representing the plaintiff (send null to clear)

plaintiffLawFirmId · string<uuid> | null

Law firm representing the plaintiff (send null to clear)

plaintiffAddress · object | null

Address of the plaintiff (send null to clear)

Show child attributes

settlementDemand · string | null

Settlement demand amount (send null to clear)

settlementType · string | null

Settlement type code (S=Settlement, N=No Settlement, L=Litigated, C=Closed, send null to clear)

arbitrationInvolved · string | null

Whether arbitration is involved (Yes/No, send null to clear)

dateDefenseCounselAdded · string<date-time> | null

Date defense counsel was added (ISO 8601, send null to clear)

expertDefense · string | null

Defense expert information (send null to clear)

expertPlaintiff · string | null

Plaintiff expert information (send null to clear)

declaratoryJudgementFiledDate · string<date-time> | null

Date declaratory judgement was filed (ISO 8601, send null to clear)

Response

200

application/json

Updated lawsuit details

A lawsuit associated with an event

id · string<uuid>

Lawsuit identifier

companyId · string<uuid>

Company identifier

eventId · string<uuid>

Associated event identifier

caseNumber · string | null

Court case number

caseName · string | null

Name of the case

lawsuitFiledDate · string<date-time> | null

Date lawsuit was filed (ISO 8601)

suitServedDate · string<date-time> | null

Date suit was served (ISO 8601)

trialDate · string<date-time> | null

Scheduled trial date (ISO 8601)

venueName · string | null

Name of the court venue

venueAddress · object | null

Address of the court venue

Show child attributes

judgeName · string | null

Name of the presiding judge

plaintiffs · string[] | null

List of plaintiff names

plaintiffAttorneyId · string<uuid> | null

Attorney representing the plaintiff

plaintiffLawFirmId · string<uuid> | null

Law firm representing the plaintiff

plaintiffAddress · object | null

Address of the plaintiff

Show child attributes

settlementDemand · string | null

Settlement demand amount

settlementType · string | null

Settlement type code (S=Settlement, N=No Settlement, L=Litigated, C=Closed)

arbitrationInvolved · string | null

Whether arbitration is involved (Yes/No)

dateDefenseCounselAdded · string<date-time> | null

Date defense counsel was added (ISO 8601)

expertDefense · string | null

Defense expert information

expertPlaintiff · string | null

Plaintiff expert information

declaratoryJudgementFiledDate · string<date-time> | null

Date declaratory judgement was filed (ISO 8601)

createdAt · string<date-time> | null

When the lawsuit was created (ISO 8601)

updatedAt · string<date-time> | null

When the lawsuit was last updated (ISO 8601)