Watkins v. Bevans

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• stating that such an advance constitutes champerty and maintenance because it gives a nonparty an impermissible interest in a suit, impedes the settlement of the underlying case, and promotes speculation in lawsuits
• noting that, although the doctrines of champerty and maintenance have “lain dormant in Ohio courts” in recent years, they remain part of Ohio’s common law as contract defenses

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