Gilpin v. Abraham

WOOD, District Judge.

This motion to dismiss by the third-party defendants presents a question of law for our determination concerning the validity of an exculpatory clause in a lease 1 relieving the lessor from lia bility by reason of injury to any individual in the leased premises resulting from the lessor’s negligence. The Philadelphia Housing Code 2 is pertinent to a consideration of this question.

The plaintiff, while a guest of the third-party defendants, suffered injuries when she fell from a platform attached to an outside fire tower which collapsed because of deteriorated metal…