Taylor v. Virginia Construction Corp.

This appeal involves the question of the applicability of an exculpatory clause in a lease purporting to exonerate the landlord from liability “for any damage to person or property arising from any cause whatsoever.”

The litigation arose when Michael E. Taylor, an infant, by Anne R. Taylor, his mother and next friend, the plaintiff, filed a motion for judgment against Virginia Construction Corporation, trading as Azalea Garden Apartments, the defendant. In his motion for judgment, the infant plaintiff sought damages for injuries allegedly sustained when his right hand was caught in the door of…