A question that frequently arises is the rights of a tenant against an alarm company where the tenant has no agreement with the alarm company but the alarm company provides service pursuant to an agreement with the landlord. That issue came up recently in a court case in the state of Pennsylvania.
The plaintiff was a tenant at the industrial center. The alarm company had no contract with the plaintiff, but had a contract with the owner of the building. The contract provided, among other things, that the alarm company was not acting as an insurer. The alarm company did not install the fire or burglar alarm system, but served as a dealer for an alarm monitoring company, which monitors the signals received from the building.