Two companies that sell baby monitors are duking it out in court over the kinds of allegations usually associated with mobsters. Bainbridge-based BabySafe USA has been suing Pennsylvania-based Babysense in Chenango County court for months, charging that Babysense stole a shipment of 2,800 baby monitors and sold them off, thereby driving BabySafe out of business.
The two baby monitor companies used to be close collaborators. A BabySafe official, Jamie Baciuska, is one of the featured speakers on a slick advertorial documentary about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) that's designed to sell the Babysense monitor. (See the video above -- Baciuska appears about three minutes in.)
The lawsuit just went federal on August 31 -- you can see the original complaint attached to the federal case below. Check out the many financial demands: Altogether, BabySafe is asking for almost $200 million from its former partner.
