Farnham v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty.

Opinion

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

—Although the policy of the law supposedly frowns upon all contracts that exempt a party from responsibility for his own “fraud, or willful injury to the person or property of another, or violation of law, whether willful or negligent” (Civ. Code, § 1668), 1 that policy is not enforced in every context, and contractual releases of future liability for ordinary negligence, as well as contractual indemnity provisions, insurance contracts, and other limitations on liability are generally enforceable. Conversely, however, contractual releases of future liability for…