Pinnacle Computer Services, Inc. v. Ameritech Publishing, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Judge.
Today we re-examine whether the exculpatory provision in an advertising contract limiting the publisher's liability to an amount equal to the contract price or the sum of money actually paid for the advertising, is unconscionable. A panel of this court recently addressed this issue in Pigman v. Ameritech Publishing, Inc. (1994), Ind.App., 641 N.E.2d 1026. The Pigman decision joined a minority of jurisdictions in holding that the exculpatory clause is unconscionable and void as against public policy as a matter of law. Pigman, 641 N.E.2d at 1035. Appellant-plaintiff…
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