U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (Kentucky law) · US (KY) · 2018 · Decided
Citation/Docket: 771 F. App'x 562 / No. 17-6383 (6th Cir. 2018)
Posture: Funder vs. funded consumer plaintiff
Funder(s) involved: Prospect Funding Holdings
Prospect sued to enforce pre-settlement advances against a Kentucky PI plaintiff.
Applying Kentucky law, the court held the funding agreements champertous and void as against public policy.
State-by-state champerty mapping is existential for consumer funders; identical contracts are enforceable in one state and void next door.
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