Torts 2

Resource 2 . 2

8 minutes

Boyce v. West ("The Gonzaga Scuba Diver Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

This a more modern case laying out the reasoning a court will use to evaluate a negligence-exculpating clause in a contract. Do you think the clause should have been enforced under these facts?

Washington Court of Appeals

71 Wash. App. 657

No. 12447-9-III

1993-11-16

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