Knudsen v. Lax

In Knudsen v. Lax, 17 Misc 3d 350, 842 NYS2d 341 (Co Ct, Jefferson Co 2007), the Court found that a lease contract with "33 terms pre-printed and submitted to the tenant without discussion and with no opportunity given the tenant to participate in the wording of the contract terms was an adhesion contract." The Court continued, stating that "in an adhesion contract, the terms of such are subject to scrutiny for reasonableness' as to whether there was an absence of meaningful choice on the part of [the tenant] together with contract terms which are unreasonably favorable to the landlord".