SPORTSMAN STORE v. SONITROL SEC. SYSTEMS

No. 98-851

725 So.2d 74 (1998)

SPORTSMAN STORE OF LAKE CHARLES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SONITROL SECURITY SYSTEMS OF CALCASIEU, INC., Cassidy Insurance Agency, & Stewart Keith Cayton, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milo Addison Nickel, Jr., Lake Charles, for Sportsman Store of Lake Charles, Inc.

John Gregory Bergstedt, Lake Charles, for Sonitrol Security Systems of Calcasieu, Inc., et al.

Before COOKS, SAUNDERS and WOODARD, Judges.


SAUNDERS, J.

This case arises from the negligent installation of a security system which resulted in an undetected burglary and exhorbitant losses to the plaintiffs who purchased the system from Sonitrol Security Systems of Calcasieu, Inc., (hereinafter Sonitrol). The trial court found no negligence and, therefore, no liability on behalf of Sonitrol. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS

Gary Klumpp, principal owner of the Sportsman...

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