A recent case involving false alarm fees was heard and decided in Suffolk County, New York. The plaintiff, Suffolk County, sought to recover $800 from the defendants for alleged violations of the county code involving “false alarm fee assessments.”

A case involving a request for a preliminary injunction was recently heard in the United States District Court in Nebraska involving a question of what constitutes confidential information.

An issue recently arose in California where a police dog was used to seize and retrieve a suspect. The plaintiff fled into a thicket of bushes during a police chase.

A recent action was filed in the United States District Court of Nevada where the plaintiff, owner of a building, entered into a contract with the defendant alarm company’s predecessor for security services at the building, including monitoring alarms and dispatching responses to alarms. The contract was apparently subsequently assigned to the defendant alarm company.

In a recent New Jersey case, an insurance company appealed a trial court’s order of summary judgment that dismissed its subrogation claim against the defendant, the installer of the fire sprinkler at the premises.

An insurance company (the plaintiff) issued a policy of insurance to the owners (the insured) of the property. A burglary and fire occurred and the plaintiff paid the insured for the damage.

An interesting case in Georgia arose when a brother brought an action against a home security company for failing to properly notify.

An interesting case in the state of Ohio occurred when a deputy sheriff, while responding to an activated burglar alarm (alarm drop) without lights or sirens so as to not alert any intruder in the home, collided with a stopped car.

An action was filed by the plaintiff against the State Department of Environmental Management and several of its officers after the officers seized a raccoon.

The city of Chicago adopted a wage ordinance pursuant to its home rule unit authority established by the Illinois Constitution.