context: I also agree with defendant that plaintiff is barred from seeking damages stemming from his wife's death, under New York's public policy against allowing individuals to profit from their own wrongdoing.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: stating principle that "[n]o one shall be permitted to profit by his own fraud, or to take advantage of his own wrong, or to found any claim upon his own iniquity, or to acquire property by his own crime"
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Manning v. Brown, 91 N.Y.2d 116, 120-22, 667 N.Y.S.2d 336, 689 N.E.2d 1382 (1997) (plaintiffs knowing participation in the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle was a “serious violation of the law” that precluded her suit against her accomplice driver even though the driver negligently caused the accident and the plaintiffs injuries); Barker v. Kallash, 63 N.Y.2d 19, 28-29, 479 N.Y.S.2d 201, 468 N.E.2d 39 (1984) (plaintiff could not seek damages against defendants who gave him gunpowder to make a pipe bomb, which severely injured plaintiff when it exploded as plaintiff was making it, because plaintiffs own wrong-making a pipe bomb-constituted a serious violation of law that transcended contributory negligence and comparative fault); Riggs v. Palmer, 115 N.Y. 506, 511-512, 22 N.E. 188 (1889) (stating principle that “[n]o one shall be permitted to profit by his own fraud, or to take advantage of his own wrong, or to found any claim upon his own iniquity, or to acquire property by his own crime”); see also Alami v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 97 N.Y.2d 281, 287, 739 N.Y.S.2d 867, 766 N.E.2d 574 (2002) (recognizing public policy against permitting judicial relief to those injured in the course of committing a serious criminal act, but refusing to extend policy “beyond claims where thé parties to the suit were involved in the underlying criminal conduct ... ”) (emphasis added).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: recognizing public policy against permitting judicial relief to those injured in the course of committing a serious criminal act, but refusing to extend policy "beyond claims where the parties to the suit were involved in the underlying criminal conduct ... "
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Manning v. Brown, 91 N.Y.2d 116, 120-22, 667 N.Y.S.2d 336, 689 N.E.2d 1382 (1997) (plaintiffs knowing participation in the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle was a “serious violation of the law” that precluded her suit against her accomplice driver even though the driver negligently caused the accident and the plaintiffs injuries); Barker v. Kallash, 63 N.Y.2d 19, 28-29, 479 N.Y.S.2d 201, 468 N.E.2d 39 (1984) (plaintiff could not seek damages against defendants who gave him gunpowder to make a pipe bomb, which severely injured plaintiff when it exploded as plaintiff was making it, because plaintiffs own wrong-making a pipe bomb-constituted a serious violation of law that transcended contributory negligence and comparative fault); Riggs v. Palmer, 115 N.Y. 506, 511-512, 22 N.E. 188 (1889) (stating principle that “[n]o one shall be permitted to profit by his own fraud, or to take advantage of his own wrong, or to found any claim upon his own iniquity, or to acquire property by his own crime”); see also Alami v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 97 N.Y.2d 281, 287, 739 N.Y.S.2d 867, 766 N.E.2d 574 (2002) (recognizing public policy against permitting judicial relief to those injured in the course of committing a serious criminal act, but refusing to extend policy “beyond claims where thé parties to the suit were involved in the underlying criminal conduct ... ”) (emphasis added).