Lamoille Grain Co. v. St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing “practically every contract negotiation involves parties with some bargaining disparity”
• recognizing “practically every contract negotiation involves parties with some bargaining disparity”
• noting inquiry is whether parties had “reasonable opportunity to understand the terms of the contract, or [if] the important terms [were] hidden in a maze of fine print and minimized by deceptive sales practices” (quotation omitted)
• noting inquiry is whether parties had “reasonable opportunity to understand the terms of the contract, or [if] the important terms [were] hidden in a maze of fine print and minimized by deceptive sales practices” (quotation omitted)
• language of contract sufficiently clear to show parties’ intent to hold railroad harmless for its own negligence
• public policy forbids a railroad from limiting its duty of care to the public, but this rule does not extend to the railroad’s private contractual undertakings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).