Otis v. Scientific Atlanta, Inc.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant Scientific Atlanta, Inc. Plaintiffs, Herbert Otis, his wife, and their daughter, sued Rollins Protective Services Company and others on February 17, 1978, for damages they sustained as the result of a fire at their home on February 23, 1976. These defendants had sold, or been involved in the manufacture of, a fire alarm system installed in plaintiffs’ home. The alarm system failed to function properly and plaintiffs alleged that due to that failure, damage from the fire was more severe than it would…