The question arose whether a victim can incur the economic loss of installing a security system as a direct result of the defendant’s conduct. The defendant was convicted of first degree burglary and the trial court included the cost of certain home security improvements made by the victim in the order of restitution.
A very interesting case arose before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. A defendant police officer, while driving through a neighborhood where there had been a rash of daytime burglaries, noted an individual standing on the sidewalk in front of a residence.
Trademark ownership provides important commercial and legal benefits, including the exclusive right to use the registered trademark and the right to sell or license it to another for profit. Further, trademark ownership gives one legal standing to prevent others from using or attempting to register similar or identical trademarks.
In a case recently decided by the Supreme Court of New York, the issue was raised as to whether the plaintiff’s action was barred by the statute of limitations.
The plaintiff alleged that for years the defendants have known of the dangers posed by the design of these ionization smoke alarms: they fail to adequately detect and, thus, to alert people to smoldering fires in their homes.
In a case recently decided in the State of Illinois, the plaintiff filed a complaint alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
In a recent case decided by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the plaintiff alarm company filed an action against one of its dealers and its owner.
In a case recently decided by the Court of Appeals in Colorado, the plaintiff and a casualty insurer appealed the judgment entered after a jury trial to determine damages under breach of contract claims against the defendant alarm company.