> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.aiinsurance.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # List Defendants > Returns a paginated list of defendants for a lawsuit. Defendants are sub-resources of lawsuits. A lawsuit must exist for the given event. Each defendant is either an insured (linked via `insuredId`) or a non-insured party (identified by `nonInsuredName`). **Required permission:** `company.event:export` ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/generated-external-api.yaml get /api/external/companies/{companyId}/events/{eventId}/lawsuit/defendants openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: AI Insurance External API description: External API for AI Insurance platform version: 1.0.0 contact: email: support@aiinsurance.io servers: - url: https://app.aiinsurance.io description: Production security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] paths: /api/external/companies/{companyId}/events/{eventId}/lawsuit/defendants: get: tags: - Defendants summary: List Defendants description: > Returns a paginated list of defendants for a lawsuit. Defendants are sub-resources of lawsuits. A lawsuit must exist for the given event. Each defendant is either an insured (linked via `insuredId`) or a non-insured party (identified by `nonInsuredName`). **Required permission:** `company.event:export` operationId: listDefendants parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/companyId' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/eventId' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/defendantIdFilter' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filterText' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/defendantSortBy' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sortDirection' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page' responses: '200': description: Paginated list of defendants content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: items: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Defendant' totalCount: type: integer description: Total number of matching defendants across all pages examples: success: summary: List of defendants value: items: - id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001 companyId: 660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 lawsuitId: 770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 insuredId: null nonInsuredName: John Doe phoneNumber: +1-555-123-4567 email: john@example.com attorneyId: 880e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 lawFirmId: 990e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 createdAt: '2026-02-15T10:30:00.000Z' updatedAt: '2026-02-16T14:20:00.000Z' - id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440002 companyId: 660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 lawsuitId: 770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 insuredId: aa0e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 nonInsuredName: null phoneNumber: null email: null attorneyId: null lawFirmId: null createdAt: '2026-02-10T08:00:00.000Z' updatedAt: null totalCount: 2 '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden' '404': description: Lawsuit not found for the given event content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: lawsuitNotFound: summary: Lawsuit not found value: error: code: NOT_FOUND message: Lawsuit not found '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError' components: parameters: companyId: name: companyId in: path required: true schema: type: string format: uuid description: Company identifier eventId: name: eventId in: path required: true schema: type: string format: uuid description: Event identifier defendantIdFilter: name: id in: query schema: oneOf: - type: string format: uuid - type: array items: type: string format: uuid description: Filter by specific defendant ID(s) filterText: name: filterText in: query schema: type: string description: Search across quote number, description, and other text fields defendantSortBy: name: sortBy in: query schema: type: string enum: - createdAt - updatedAt default: createdAt description: Field to sort by (default createdAt) sortDirection: name: sortDirection in: query schema: type: string enum: - asc - desc default: desc description: Sort direction (default desc) page: name: page in: query schema: type: integer minimum: 1 default: 1 description: Page number (1-based, default 1, page size 50) schemas: Defendant: type: object description: A defendant associated with a lawsuit properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: Defendant identifier companyId: type: string format: uuid description: Company identifier lawsuitId: type: string format: uuid description: Associated lawsuit identifier insuredId: type: string format: uuid nullable: true description: >- Associated insured identifier (mutually exclusive with nonInsuredName) nonInsuredName: type: string nullable: true description: Name of non-insured defendant (mutually exclusive with insuredId) phoneNumber: type: string nullable: true description: Defendant phone number email: type: string format: email nullable: true description: Defendant email address attorneyId: type: string format: uuid nullable: true description: Associated attorney identifier lawFirmId: type: string format: uuid nullable: true description: Associated law firm payee identifier createdAt: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: When the defendant was created (ISO 8601) updatedAt: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: When the defendant was last updated (ISO 8601) ErrorResponse: type: object description: Standard error response for all external API endpoints required: - error properties: error: type: object required: - code - message properties: code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code example: VALIDATION_ERROR message: type: string description: Human-readable error message example: 'submissionId: Required field is missing' details: type: array description: Additional details for validation errors (field-level errors) items: type: object properties: field: type: string description: The field that caused the error example: submissionId message: type: string description: Description of the field error example: Required field is missing responses: Unauthorized: description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: missingApiKey: summary: Missing API key value: error: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: Authorization header is required bearerTokenNotAllowed: summary: Bearer token used instead of API key value: error: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: External API endpoints require API key authentication Forbidden: description: Forbidden - Insufficient permissions content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: insufficientPermissions: summary: Insufficient permissions value: error: code: FORBIDDEN message: Insufficient permissions to perform this action InternalServerError: description: Internal Server Error - Unexpected error occurred content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: internalError: summary: Unexpected server error value: error: code: INTERNAL_ERROR message: An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later. securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization description: >- API key authentication. Include your API key in the Authorization header. ````