Section 20 In Pari Delicto Doctrine

• Library: Prof Liability 2005

“The doctrine of in pari delicto holds that ‘anyone who engages in a fraudulent scheme forfeits all rights to protection, either at law or in equity.’” Dobbs v. Dobbs Tire & Auto Ctrs., Inc., 969 S.W.2d 894, 897 (Mo. App. E.D. 1998) (citing Kansas City Operating Corp. v. Durwood, 278 F.2d 354 (8^th Cir. 1960)). In essence, a plaintiff’s recovery...