HENRIOULLE v. MARIN VENTURES, INC.

Docket No. S.F. 23619.

20 Cal.3d 512 (1978)

573 P.2d 465

143 Cal. Rptr. 247

JOHN HENRIOULLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARIN VENTURES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stanley A. Feingold and Allan J. Lipney for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, E. Clement Shute, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins and Albert Norman Shelden, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

David P. Freitas and Freitas, Allen, McCarthy, Bettini & MacMahon for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Appellant, John Henrioulle, seeks to set aside orders of the superior court granting his landlord, respondent Marin Ventures, Inc., a judgment notwithstanding the jury's verdict and a new trial. Appellant contends that the exculpatory clause in his lease could not relieve the landlord of liability for the personal injuries appellant sustained in a fall on a common stairway...

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