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Appeals panel: Third-party litigation funder can't pursue lawyer for client's failure to repay lawsuit loan

By Scott Holland | Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018 @ 3:19pm

While raising questions about the conduct of a lawyer accused by a litigation funding firm of failing to live up to his end of a deal to safeguard funds secured from a woman’s wrongful death suit, a state appeals panel has said the third-party lawsuit funder can’t press its claims against the lawyer after his client failed to pay them what they claim she owed under the bargain.