301 F. Supp. 2d 647 - Morrison v. McCann’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[I]f the plaintiff is a lawbreaker at the time of his injury, that alone is not enough to bar the plaintiff from recovery. This principle is consistent with tort law concerning duties owed to known trespassers and preventing-use of spring guns from guarding. property. The injury must be a proximate result of committing the illegal act. “The injury must be traceable to his own breach of the law and such breach must be an integral and essential part of his case. Where the violation of law is merely a condition and a not a contributing cause of the injury, a recovery may be permitted.” The question is not merely when the wrongdoing was done, but what resulted from it. This Court has long held that if a plaintiff actually requires essential aid from his own illegal act to establish a claim, he has no case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 198 So. 3d 347 - Jeff Cahn v. Copac, Inc.