Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · US (MA) · 1997 · Decided
Citation/Docket: 687 N.E.2d 1224 (Mass. 1997)
Posture: Funder sought recovery from funded claimant
Funder(s) involved: (Individual funder)
An individual advanced funds for a lawsuit in exchange for a share of recovery; enforceability turned on champerty.
SJC abandoned champerty in Massachusetts, reviewing such agreements instead for overall fairness.
The 'fairness review' framework Saladini adopted is the model many courts now apply in champerty's place.
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