Evans v. Cameron

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying doctrine in suit by client against former attorney for legal malpractice where attorney counseled client to commit perjury
• finding that “the wrongfulness of lying under oath is apparent”
• grant of motion to dismiss legal malpractice complaint sustained on public policy grounds where client was in pari delicto with allegedly negligent attorney
• client committed perjury in bankruptcy court, sued the attorney who advised him to commit perjury, but since perjury is a clearly illegal act, in pari delicto applied.
• plaintiff’s malpractice action barred by defense of in pari delicto where the client lied under oath in a bankruptcy proceeding about transferring money to her mother, even though she claimed her testimony was based upon the advice of her attorney

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Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Benson
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1998-06-10· cited 96×
• Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Todd
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1991-06-11· cited 87×
• Hermann v. Town of Delavan
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1998-01-23· cited 50×
• Scott v. SAVERS PROPERTY AND CAS. INS. CO.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2003-06-19· cited 49×
• Jones v. Hyatt Legal Services (In Re Dow)
  S.D. Ohio· 1991-10-22· cited 44×
• Greene v. Morgan, Theeler, Cogley & Petersen
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1998-02-18· cited 43×
• Pantely v. Garris, Garris & Garris, PC
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1989-11-06· cited 41×
• Hausman v. St. Croix Care Center
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1997-12-19· cited 40×
• State v. American TV & Appliance of Madison, Inc.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1988-11-02· cited 38×
• Town of Eagle v. Christensen
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1995-01-26· cited 35×
• General Car & Truck Leasing System, Inc. v. Lane & Waterman
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-12-18· cited 33×
• Witte v. Desmarais
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1992-09-01· cited 23×
• Choquette v. Isacoff
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-10-27· cited 13×
• In Re the Medical License of Setliff
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2002-05-15· cited 8×
• Peterman v. Midwestern National Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1993-06-15· cited 7×
• Tillman v. Shofner
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 2004-03-25· cited 6×
• Turner v. Anderson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-01-28· cited 5×
• Stratton v. Miller
  D. Maryland· 1989-05-30· cited 5×
• Tamposi v. Denby
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-09-30· cited 5×
• Quick v. Samp
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2005-05-11· cited 4×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Morgan v. Pennsylvania General Insurance
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1979-02-27· cited 212×
• Berman v. Coakley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-01-03· cited 55×
• Feld & Sons, Inc. v. Pechner, Dorfman, Wolfee, Rounick, & Cabot
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-30· cited 40×
• Evans v. Cameron
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1984-05-22· cited 2×

Other cases named Evans v. Cameron

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Evans v. Cameron
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1984-05-22· cited 2×