A CCTV Installation Helps Reduce Lawsuits
In an imperfect world, nuisance lawsuits are a fact of life. Some nuisance lawsuits have been won on the fact that “Caution Coffee May Be Hot” was not printed on the takeout coffee cup. Everyone knows that coffee should be hot but since it was not printed on the cup the lawsuit was won. Businesses are subject to nuisance lawsuits every day. One method of reducing the number of successful nuisance lawsuits is to have a CCTV installation at each store.
The CCTV installations in and around the store provide the store owners the ability to defend against unwarranted lawsuits. Recording the store and its surrounding environs provide documentation of the actions in the areas of view of the cameras. These recordings are invaluable to the attorneys for the owners of the store.
Any video tape recorder or Digital Video Recorder that records images from CCTV cameras inserts a time/date stamp onto the recording. This time/date stamp provides the evidence necessary to prove that the person filing the nuisance lawsuit was either not at the store or was not injured at the store. This time/date stamp which was created at the time of the recording can not be altered or erased and is a definitive marker of the video.
Some nuisance lawsuits are filed against a store due to the purported negligence, inattention or rudeness of a clerk. The CCTV installation can show how the clerk approached and dealt with the customer. Often the video footage when presented to the plaintiff’s attorney will result in the matter being dropped. The video evidence can not be denied or invalidated.
Judgments in nuisance lawsuits can amount to hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. A CCTV installation in a store costs a fraction of that amount. The CCTV installation, if it denies even one nuisance lawsuit has paid for itself multiple times over. This CCTV installation will provide invaluable assistance to any business.
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