No action, special proceeding, cross complaint or counterclaim in any court shall be dismissed on the ground that a party to the action is a party to a contract savoring of champerty or maintenance unless the contract is the basis of the claim pleaded.
Wis. Stat. § 895.375
Abrogation of defense that contract was champertous
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Yorgan v. Durkin (2006)
Most recently applied in Carhart v. Carhart-Halaska International, LLC (June 2015)
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.