ADT Suit Over Worker Who Spied on Clients Back in Federal Court

A proposed class action stemming from an ADT LLC employees’ use of his access privileges to spy on security system clients in their homes must go back to a federal court in Texas, the Fifth Circuit ruled.

ADT—a non-Texas corporate citizen—is a primary defendant under the Class Action Fairness Act, which required the federal court to retain jurisdiction, the appeals court said.

Taylor Madison and Angie Dickson sued former ADT installer Telesforo Aviles in a Texas state court.

ADT, which is being sued directly by other plaintiffs in both Texas and Florida for breach of privacy, intervened in this lawsuit ...