Glazebrook v. Martin

How courts have described this case

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• describing Section 489 and its predecessors as “declaring the practice of champerty and maintenance to be illegal”
• finding further discovery not warranted and rejecting champerty defense on motion for summary judgment where undisputed facts established plaintiff did not receive assignment for “sole” and “primary” purpose of bringing action thereon
• finding a triable issue of fact raised by defendant's affirmative defense of champerty
• finding a triable issue of fact raised by defendant’s affirmative defense of champerty
• the legislative concern was “[t]o prevent the resulting strife, discord and harassment which could result from permitting attorneys and corporations to purchase claims for the purpose of bringing actions thereon ... declaring the practice of champerty and maintenance to be illegal”
• construing § 489 of the Judiciary Law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).