Not the point.
The records storage facility was responsible for ensuring the safety of the
records, and failed to take reasonable measures do so.
The plaintiffs met the burden of proving the cost of either reconstituting
the records, or of the liability incurred if they couldn't.
Best regards.
Fred.
Fred Grevin
Director, Office of Records and Archives Management
The City of New York, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Director
------Original Message------
From: Steven Whitaker
To: [log in to unmask]
ReplyTo: Records Management Program
Sent: Apr 27, 2007 13:16
Subject: Re: [RM] Court Award re: fire at offsite storage
Given that the fire was most likely an accident or incident, and not
arson... Would it be sacrilege to suggest that, ...perhaps..., ...
just perhaps ..., they might ... might ... be better off
with 20 million$$ rather than 150,000 boxes of old records...
Tossed that in JUST to stimulate thought..., no agendae
Best regards, Steve
Steven D. Whitaker, CRM
Records Systems Manager; City of Reno
>>> [log in to unmask] 4/27/2007 7:02 AM >>>
Found this update, but no ARMA case information:
Though rare, such fires can be extremely costly, both for users and
storage facility providers. Damages from two lawsuits related to a May
1997 fire at a Pennsylvania facility owned by Diversified Records
Services Inc. are now up to $65 million. The claimants in that fire,
First Union Corp. and Mobil Oil Corp., were awarded more than $20
million each almost four years ago after losing 156,000 and 68,000
boxes
of documents, respectively. But the amount of damages rose after the
state Supreme Court earlier this month refused an appeal filed by
Grinnell Corp., the sprinkler systems manufacturer involved in the
case.
At
http://www.techworld.com/
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