Foont-Freedenfeld Corp. v. Electro-Protective Corp.
Foont-Freedenfeld Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Electro-Protective Corporation, Defendant-Respondent
Opinion
Pee Cubiam.
On this appeal, plaintiff has expressly disclaimed any contention that the limitations of liability clause in question is arbitrary and unconscionable and should be declared unenforceable as against public policy. Rather, the argument is made that the clause .(1) is invalid since it is unrelated to actual damages and therefore is in the nature of a penalty provision; and, (2) in any event, was intended to apply only to a situation where defendant breached its annual service undertaking (as distinguished from design and installation of the system) and plaintiff found it necessary to obtain the service elsewhere at a higher cost.
Also, in addition to defendant’s allegedly admitted liability for breach of contract, plaintiff asserts a claim based on defendant’s “innocent misrepresentation of material fact,” on which plaintiff asserts it relied, with resultant damage proximately related to such misrepresentation.
We have considered all of plaintiff’s contentions. The judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed for substantially the reasons expressed in its per curiam opinion reported at 126 N. J. Super.
254 (1973).
Affirmed.
*198 For affirmance—Justices Jacobs, Hall, Sullivan, Pashman and Clifford, and Judge Collester—6.
For reversal—Hone.
How later courts describe this case
Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 3 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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(clause limiting defendant's liability to 10 percent of annual service charge was upheld on the finding that the parties had been in equal bargaining positions and plaintiff had voluntarily entered into the contract with full knowledge of the clause and its effect)
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(5 Justices + 1 judge temporarily assigned)
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