A bailment is a legal relationship that arises when a person (the bailor) gives personal property to someone else (the bailee) for safekeeping. So, can a bailee use a disclaimer to eliminate or limit his or her legal responsibility to the bailor for theft or other form of property damage to the bailor’s property? Attorney Van O’Steen explains here why parking lot disclaimers are not always effective.


Professor, you have the definitions backwards in the post – the bailee is the custodian and the bailor is the one who places control over or possession of Personal Property in the hands of another, a bailee, for its care, safekeeping, or use, in accordance to the terms of a mutual agreement
My bad! It’s fixed now…