Often when entering a parking garage, dropping off dry cleaning, dropping off a car for repairs, or dropping off a watch or piece of jewelry for repairs, the business owner gives you a claim ticket with boilerplate language limiting their liability for damages to the property for the term of the bailment.
1. Should a professional bailee (the business owner) be able to limit their liability?
2. Have you ever read the back of a parking garage ticket? How many people do? If it is common practice for most consumers to ignore the back of the types of claim tickets, should a bailee be able to rely on them to limit liability?