Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court July 9, 2019, SJC-12635 (Chelsea Hous. Auth. v. McLaughlin)

GANTS, C.J.

**580*713Under 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, 480 Mass. 614, 625, 108 N.E.3d 430 (2018).