Moore v. Waller

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a release limiting liability arising out of the defendant’s negligent, or unreasonable, behavior was enforceable
• “there is ... no overriding public interest which demand[s] that this contract provision, voluntarily entered into by competent parties, should be rendered ineffectual” (citation omitted)
• three factors: whether the exculpatory language is clear and unambiguous; bargaining power, specifically including whether the contract involves a necessary service; public policy
• “We do not suppose that the parties in fact had equal power, but Moore does not meet the criteria for invalidating a contract on [public policy grounds].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).