A recent case was decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, involving the limitation of liability in an Admiralty case law. Although Admiralty law may differ from the law utilized in the security alarm industry, the principles described in the case are important.
In the case at hand, the plaintiff was the owner of a yacht. The plaintiff purchased various equipment from the defendant. The parts were warranted and included terms disclaiming the defendant’s liability in the event the “the part has been installed, repaired or altered other than by defendant in any way that
… defendant’s judgment would affect the performance of reliability of the part.”