The defendant security alarm company in the case employed door-to-door “promotional representatives” to make house calls to sell residential alarm systems. Approximately two months after initial contact during a house call selling the alarm systems, an employee of the defendant alarm company returned, broke into the victim’s home and committed rape.
The guardian of the victim filed the action against the alarm company and others for personal injuries and damages resulting from the negligent hiring, claiming, among other things, that the alarm company owed and breached a duty of care by failing to perform a criminal background check on its employee.