2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 72 - Warehouse Receipts: Special Provisions
Section 7204 - Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse's liability

     § 7204.  Duty of care; contractual limitation of warehouse's
                liability.
        (a)  Duty of care.--A warehouse is liable for damages for
     loss of or injury to the goods caused by its failure to exercise
     care with regard to the goods that a reasonably careful person
     would exercise under similar circumstances. Unless otherwise
     agreed, the warehouse is not liable for damages that could not
     have been avoided by the exercise of that care.
        (b)  Contractual limitation.--Damages may be limited by a
     term in the warehouse receipt or storage agreement limiting the
     amount of liability in case of loss or damage beyond which the
     warehouse is not liable. Such a limitation is not effective with
     respect to the warehouse's liability for conversion to its own
     use. On request of the bailor in a record at the time of signing
     the storage agreement or within a reasonable time after receipt
     of the warehouse receipt, the warehouse's liability may be
     increased on part or all of the goods covered by the storage
     agreement or the warehouse receipt. In this event, increased
     rates may be charged based on an increased valuation of the
     goods.
        (c)  Claim presentation.--Reasonable provisions as to the
     time and manner of presenting claims and commencing actions
     based on the bailment may be included in the warehouse receipt
     or storage agreement.

        Cross References.  Section 7204 is referred to in section
     7202 of this title.