Standard contract language limiting alarm company’s liability found ambiguous by federal appeals court.
- May 27th, 2014
- Wendy Carlisle
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You know that language in your contract–that’s in EVERY alarm contract– that says “Alarm Co. is not liable, but if any liability is imposed it will be limited to $[dollar amount] or a percentage of the annual monitoring charge”? Well,…
BRK files patent infringement suit over Nest Protect smoke/carbon monoxide alarm
- November 15th, 2013
- Wendy Carlisle
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The new Nest Labs, Inc. product Nest Protect– a combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector–looks like an innovative addition to the market. The Nest Protect is sleek looking, user friendly, and it is Wi-Fi connected so that all the Nest…
Georgia Supreme Court denies review of $8.4 million verdict against Monitronics
- November 6th, 2013
- Wendy Carlisle
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Yesterday, the Georgia Supreme Court denied Monitronics’ Petition for Writ of Certiorari. This means it has refused to review the Georgia Court of Appeals’ decision, which upheld an $8.4 million jury verdict against Monitronics and invalidated exculpatory language in Monitronics’ alarm…
North Carolina Attorney General sues alarm company over robocalls
- October 24th, 2013
- Wendy Carlisle
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The North Carolina Carolina Attorney General filed suit yesterday against now-defunct alarm company ISI Alarms NC, Inc. and its owner, seeking civil penalties for automated calls (a/k/a “robocalls”) the company made to consumers. The AG alleges that more than 1,000 North…
Monitronics asks Georgia Supreme Court to Review $8.4 million judgment.
- October 2nd, 2013
- Wendy Carlisle
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I have been in denial, but, given that it is October, and the weekend weather forecast for my hometown of Minneapolis is quite chilly, it seems I need to face reality: summer is over. So, then, is my summer vacation…
Eli Lilly/National Union dismiss Connecticut suit against ADT/Tyco
- May 14th, 2013
- Wendy Carlisle
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Eli Lilly and its insurer, National Union, have pulled the plug on the lawsuit against ADT and Tyco, filed recently in federal court in Connecticut stemming from a $60 million pharmaceutical heist. Did they dismiss the lawsuit because they settled…
ADT moves to dismiss Eli Lilly lawsuit based on subrogation waiver.
- April 17th, 2013
- Wendy Carlisle
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As I predicted when I first wrote about the Eli Lilly/National Union v. ADT case (http://wp.me/p3fru5-42), ADT has brought a motion to dismiss the lawsuit based on the subrogation waiver in ADT’s contract. Will the motion to dismiss be successful? Here is a…
Call to action: Minnesota legislature wants to make liability waivers unenforecable.
- March 27th, 2013
- Wendy Carlisle
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Every business in Minnesota that relies on liability waivers (this means you alarm companies!) needs to know that a proposed law is working its way through the Minnesota legislature to severely curtail the enforceability of such waivers. The proposed law would make liability…
New lawsuit alleges ADT security plans shared with burglars in $60 million pharmaceutical heist.
- March 20th, 2013
- Wendy Carlisle
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A new lawsuit filed against ADT and Tyco alleges that less than one month after ADT prepared a detailed security assessment at an Eli Lilly warehouse in February 2010, $60 million worth of pharmaceuticals were stolen from the warehouse by…