Parton v. Mark Pirtle Oldsmobile-Cadillac-Isuzu, Inc.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

This dispute involves the efficacy of an exculpatory provision in a preprinted automobile repair order signed by the owner of the automobile.

In October of 1984 Mr. Parton, an automobile wholesaler, took a Cadillac automobile to the defendant for repairs. He signed a preprinted form'containing a work order which authorized the defendant to perform the repairs specified thereon. The form used by the defendant contained the following provision in small print in the upper left corner:

“I hereby authorize the repair work hereinafter set forth to be done along with the…