Jewelers Mutual Insurance v. Firstar Bank Illinois

How courts have described this case

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• affirming appellate court’s holding that an exculpatory clause in a safety deposit box lease agreement was unenforceable
• assuming liability to exercise ordinary care to prevent unauthorized opening of box
• “[a] party cannot promise to act in a certain manner in one portion of a contract” and then nullify “that very promise in another part of the contract”
• \[a] party cannot promise to act in a certain manner in one portion of a contract\ and then nullify \that very promise in another part of the contract\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).