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MERRIMACK COLLEGE v. KPMG LLP

SJC-12434.

480 Mass. 614 (2018)

MERRIMACK COLLEGE v. KPMG LLP.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth N. Mulvey for the plaintiff.

Ian D. Roffman (George A. Salter also present) for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Matthew P. Bosher, of the District of Columbia, & Elbert Lin for American Institute of Certified Public Accountants & another.

Susan M. Whalen for Chelsea Housing Authority.

Jeffrey J. Nolan for Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

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

"The doctrine of in pari delicto bars a plaintiff who has participated in wrongdoing from recovering damages for loss resulting from the wrongdoing." Choquette v. Isacoff, 65 Mass.App.Ct. 1, 3 (2005). The main issue presented in this civil case is whether, where the plaintiff...

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