Hoppel v. Muehlstein

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a general release signed by an enrollee of a parachute jumping school did not bar his negligence claim when, after one hour of on-land training, the enrollee was flown to an altitude of 2,800 feet for his first practice jump
• noting that while the word “negligence” need not specifically be used, words conveying a similar import must appear
• “To the extent that agreements purport to grant exemption for liability for willful or grossly negligent acts they have been viewed as wholly void.”
• “the law frowns upon contracts intended to exculpate a party from the consequences of his own negligence”
• “The bicycle rental agreement relied upon by defendant did not reflect a clear and unequivocal intent to limit its liability for its own negligence[.]”
• “[IJt has been repeatedly emphasized that unless the intention of the parties is expressed in unmistakable language, an exculpatory clause will not be deemed to insulate a party from liability for his own negligent acts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).