Every attorney or counselor at law who shall be guilty of any deceit or collusion, or shall consent thereto, with intent to deceive the court or any party, or who shall delay the attorney's client's suit with a view to the attorney's own gain, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to the punishment prescribed by law therefor, shall forfeit to the party injured treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action.
Minn. Stat. § 481.071
MISCONDUCT BY ATTORNEYS.
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Hemmingsen v. Messerli & Kramer, P.A. (2012)
Most recently applied in Hemmingsen v. Messerli & Kramer, P.A. (March 2012)
(10044) RL s 4856; 1986 c 444
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