Signing the agreement related problem


Bill Cratchett leased an apartment from Grendel. Cratchett was a person of limited means in a locality where low-income housing was scarce. Shortly after signing the agreement, he fell in an unlit stairwell when a step unexpectedly gave way. In a suit for damages, Grendel relied on a clause in the lease stating, "Tenant agrees to hold Owner harmless from any claims for damages no matter how caused." Cratchett should

A. Lose because exculpatory clauses are usually upheld in the interest of freedom of contract.

B. Win because the exculpatory clause was unenforceable as a violation of public policy.

C. Lose because nothing indicates that the lease was unconscionable as a whole.

D. Win because the lease was a contract of adhesion

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