Legal Question in Business Law in Illinois

Time limitations on service contracts

We are a small not for profit preschool. We have a preventative maintaince agreement with a local alarm company that states that they will service our fire alarm system for the period of 10/01/00-09/30/01. It states nothing about overtime charges for weekend or evening calls. They had to come out on a Sautrday and service our fire alarm. We then recieved a bill for $650.00 stating it was an overtime call and that was not included in the contract. When we pointed out that the contract didn't state anything about overtime charges they claimed it was in another contract that someone from the school signed in 1990. The person who signed the contract is no longer employed here, and since 1990 we have never seen a copy of this agreement. Can we be held liable for a contract signed by an old employee in 1990? Or does the annual contract which we sign every year superceed the old one?


Asked on 5/15/01, 11:15 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Patrick Tracy Patrick J. Tracy, Esq, P.E.,

Re: Time limitations on service contracts

I cannot tell unless I actually read the agreements. However If this is a service contract and there is no wording that they will charge you a premium for after hours work then I don't think that you owe them any money.

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Answered on 6/22/01, 3:47 am


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