N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-322: Agreements exempting caterers and catering establishments from liability for negligence void and unenforceable

§ 5-322. Agreements exempting caterers and catering establishments

from liability for negligence void and unenforceable. Every covenant,

agreement or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to any

contract entered into with any caterer or catering establishment

exempting the said caterer or catering establishment from liability for

damages caused by or resulting from the negligence of the caterer or

catering establishment, his agents, servants, employees or patrons at

the affair contracted therefor, shall be deemed to be void as against

public policy and wholly unenforceable.