
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the decision, holding that Redman failed to present evidence demonstrating that the safe violated industry standards, government standards, or reasonable consumer expectations. Redman won the jury verdict in district court, but the case was appealed. The magazine had advertised the safe as a “burglar deterrent”. Redman noticed the safe in a Value-Tique advertisement that appeared in the magazine Coin World. In 1991, Michael Redman of Virginia brought a product liability suit against Sentry Group after his coin collection was stolen out of his Sentry Supreme Safe, Model #5570. In 2016 Master Lock closed the Rochester, NY based production facilities and moved production to Mexico. In 2014 Sentry was sold to Master Lock, which is a division of Fortune Brands Home & Security. Sentry Group produces more fire-resistant chests, safes, security storage containers, and gun safes than any other company in the world and has won several awards, including "Vendor of the Year" from Lowe's in 1999, Wal-Mart in 2001, and OfficeMax in 2002. In 1987, it began doing business under the name Sentry Group, in order to better identify the company with its trademark name safes - "Sentry". moved into a new plant at 900 Linden Avenue in Rochester in 1968, with over 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m 2).



At the base of the silos are a furnace (used to fire-test safes) and a rock pit (used for drop-testing safes from a height of 30 ft.)īrush & Co. The factory side entrance of the Linden Avenue plant in Rochester, NY.
