Best Practices For Defeating Attempts To Void Contracts

By Jason Scott, Aaron Kirkland and Kenneth Cochran (October 23, 2017, 3:25 PM EDT) -- Plaintiffs often use several theories to avoid contract provisions that limit their recovery or bar their lawsuit entirely.[1] Common examples of this tactic include alleging that the signatory failed to read the entire contract, is illiterate or has a physical disability that prevented him or her from understanding the contract. But absent special circumstances, those who sign a contract are generally bound by the terms regardless of their failure or inability to read the contract....

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