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A New York trial court has dismissed gross negligence, negligence, breach of contract, and res ipsa loquitur claims brought by a jewelry store against its alarm company based on the waiver and limitation of liability provisions in the contract the store signed with the alarm company.

The Case

Ivan and Krystyna Homola, the owners of EJ Jewelers, Inc., entered into contracts with Protection One Alarm Monitoring Inc., d/b/a Protection 1 Security Solutions, pursuant to which Protection One would install a burglar alarm monitoring system and closed circuit television at their store.

On May 7, 2014, the parties entered into a third agreement for burglar monitoring services, the terms of which superseded all prior agreements (the “2014 Agreement”).