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Jean Coulter v. ADT Security Services, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-14829 · judgment July 31, 2018
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
This Case presents a significant issue of Public Safety for 8 million American families! After moving to New Jersey, Coulter could no longer contact the ADT Security System which Monitored a home in Pennsylvania. Frustrated, Coulter spoke with forty (40) of ADT's employees - before ADT finally took steps to correct the problem which produced ADT's complete failure to notify Coulter, and all affected customers, when their Security System was incapable of meaningful notification of alarms for burglary or fire! ADT was most certainly aware of this critical failure of its "monitoring" for all of ADT's 8 million customers yet ADT obviously - chose to conceal this critical breakdown! This proves ADT's complete disregard for the safety of their customers, as ADT's Marketing Decision placed 8 million Americans families in jeopardy when they unknowingly placed their trust and their family's safety in an unscrupulous "security service" and - makes it clear that ADT's bottom-line is the only consideration even when lives are at stake! - (a) Questions Presented for Review Did "Fraud in Inducement" occur, and is it applicable for Renewals or later Implied Contracts (until the Fraud is discovered)? 2 & 3 are QUESTIONS OF FIRST IMPRESSION a. Can a Written Contract "renew" if only portions of it are "renewed" or is it now an Implied Contract (without automatic renewals, Contractual Period of Limitations, new equipment, etc.)? b. Does an Implied Contract "renew"? Is Choice of Law incorrect as immediate sale of the Contract was scheduled, and cancellation provided for, in contract's terms, in case of non-sale? 1.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jean Coulter
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 23 2019Rehearing DENIED.
- Aug 01 2019DISTRIBUTED.
- Jul 01 2019Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jun 10 2019Petition DENIED.
- May 21 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
- Feb 01 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 10, 2019)