LAWS 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Miscarriage, Cigarette Machine, Purchase Order
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Un just un r i c hmen t. Modern issues in contracti ng / future of contract law. Plaintiff buys it, she understands what she is signing is an order form, she did not think it was a contract. Whe(cid:374) deli(cid:448)ered, the (cid:373)a(cid:272)hi(cid:374)e did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)ork: result. They go after her to pay the full amount. He asked the(cid:373) to fi(cid:454) it, the(cid:455) tried a(cid:374)d it did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)ork. She told them to take it away because she did not want it. She finds out there was a clause that exempted them from liability. Judges sa(cid:455) it is true that the perso(cid:374) did(cid:374)(cid:859)t read it, (cid:271)ut that(cid:859)s o(cid:374) the(cid:373) Judges say that a purchase order is a type of contract: key question early case which asks whether an exclusion clause should be set aside when it had not been read by the accepting party.