In Monitronics Int’l, Inc. v. Veasley, Case No. A13A0090 (decided July 16, 2013), a divided Georgia Court of Appeals addressed a number of issues relating to contractual limitation of liability clauses. The decision should cause businesses to re-examine the clauses they use. The plaintiff had been assaulted by an intruder who broke into her house. She sued the company with which she had a contract to monitor her home’s security system. The jury returned a large verdict for the plaintiff. One of the key issues on appeal was the effect of a limitation of liability clause in the contract between… Read more