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CHELSEA HOUSING AUTHORITY v. McLAUGHLIN

SJC-12635.

482 Mass. 579 (2019)

CHELSEA HOUSING AUTHORITY v. MICHAEL E. McLAUGHLIN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 9, 2019.

Corrected July 26, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronaldo Rauseo-Ricupero ( Richard C. Pedone also present) for the plaintiff.

William L. Boesch for Martin J. Scafidi, P.C.

Nancy M. Reimer ( Eric A. Martignetti also present) for John Marotto.

Maura Healey , Attorney General, & Roberta L. Rubin , Special Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Housing and Community Development, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Matthew P. Bosher & Matthew S. Brooker , of the District of Columbia, & Nicholas D. Stellakis , for American Institute of Certified Public Accountants & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

Under the equitable common-law doctrine of in pari delicto, a plaintiff who has committed fraud cannot recover damages resulting from the negligence of an accountant in failing to detect the plaintiff's fraud, unless such relief is required as a matter of public policy. See Merrimack College v. KPMG LLP,

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