Carleton v. Winter

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that plaintiff could raise gross-negligence claim as matter of “public policy to discourage aggravated wrongs,” even though exculpatory clause in contract limited defendant’s negligence liability
• “Courts do not enforce agreements to exempt parties from tort liability if the liability results from that party’s own gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional conduct.”
• “Courts do not enforce agreements to exempt parties from tort liability if the liability results from that party’s own gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional conduct.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).