# kaal:claim:3799320-010

**Claim.** Private agreements that limit remedies to DAO assets are unlikely to be upheld if the DAO faces a tort suit.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- tort claims rather than contract claims
- off-chain dispute settlement

**Source quote.**

> Parties may be able to limit remedies to DAO assets through private agreements. But, if the DAO should face a tort suit, such an agreement is unlikely to be upheld.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs* (2021), Regulatory Uncertainty, page 9

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320

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**Failure mode.** Contractual remedy cap fails in tort  (family: legal-personality-and-liability-gap)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** tort-liability, remedy-limitation, private-ordering, off-chain-settlement

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-015

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