Lee v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding wrongful conduct defense “will be applied to bar recovery if the evidence shows that the plaintiff freely and voluntarily consented to participation in the illegal act, without duress or coercion”
• holding wrongful conduct defense “will be applied to bar recovery if the evidence shows that the plaintiff freely and voluntarily consented to participation in the illegal act, without duress or coercion”
• stating “illegality defense is based on the principle that a party who consents to and participates in an illegal act may not recover from other participants for the consequences of that act”
• barring claim by .minor injured while operating stolen- car
• barring claim by minor injured while operating stolen car

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).