Adloo v. H.T. Brown Real Estate, Inc

In Adloo v. H.T. Brown Real Estate, Inc., 344 Md. 254, 257, 686 A.2d 298 (1996), the Court of Appeals held that an exculpatory clause in a real estate listing agreement did not apply when the indemnitee's own negligence caused the damage, even though the clause purported to exculpate the realtor for "damage of any nature whatsoever" to the homeowner's property. See id. The Court found that the exculpatory clause was ambiguous and did not clearly express an intention to exculpate the realtor from liability resulting from its own negligence. See id. at 267.