Barker v. Kallash
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Niehoff, J.
On this appeal we are called upon to determine whether one who is injured while engaged in a concededly wrongful act, the making of a “pipe bomb”, may maintain an action against his alleged cohorts and contraband suppliers in order to recover money damages for the injuries sustained. Inasmuch as a recovery in such case would result in allowing one who was committing wrongful conduct injurious to the public interest to recover money damages which were caused by his own wrongdoing, we hold that the action is not maintainable in the courts of this State. *373Accordingly…
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