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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Loss Contingencies
With respect to each of the pending lawsuits, the following table lists the name of plaintiff, the date the Company was served with process, the jurisdiction in which the case is pending, the type of claim and the status of the matter.
Plaintiff
  
Month
Served
  
Jurisdiction
  
Claim Type
  
Status
Derbyshire
  
Nov-09
  
Ontario, Canada Superior Court of Justice
  
Officer Injury
  
Discovery Phase. Trial scheduled for October 14, 2019.
Shymko
  
Dec-10
  
The Queen's Bench, Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba
  
Wrongful Death
  
Pleading Phase
Ramsey
  
Jan-12
  
12th Judicial Circuit Court, Broward County, FL
  
Wrongful Death
  
Discovery Phase
Bennett
 
Sep-15
 
11th Judicial Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, FL
 
Wrongful Death
 
Discovery Phase. Trial scheduled for June 18, 2018.
Masters
 
Nov-16
 
US District Court, Western District of Missouri
 
Suspect Injury
 
Discovery Phase. Trial scheduled for October 9, 2018.
Taylor
 
Mar-17
 
US District Court, Southern District of Texas
 
Officer Injury
 
Discovery Phase. Trial scheduled for August 18, 2018.


There are no product litigation matters in which the Company is involved that are currently on appeal. The judgment entered resulting from the court granting the Company’s motion for dismissal of the Digital Ally, Inc. ("Digital Ally") litigation for antitrust claims, as well as the judgment and permanent injunction in the Company's favor against Phazzer Electronics Inc. ("Phazzer"), which are on appeal as noted in the following table.
Plaintiff
  
Month
Served
  
Jurisdiction
  
Claim Type
  
Status
Digital Ally
  
Feb-17
  
US District Court, District of Kansas
  
Antitrust Claims
  
Axon's motion for dismissal of the antitrust claims was granted on January 12, 2017 with judgment entered in Axon's favor on April 14, 2017 and Plaintiff filed an appeal to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on April 20, 2017.
Axon
 
Feb-17
 
US District Court, Middle District of Florida
 
Judgment and Permanent Injunction
 
Axon received judgment in its favor and a permanent injunction against Phazzer on July 21, 2017. Phazzer filed a notice of appeal on August 10, 2017.
The following case was dismissed during the third quarter of 2017. No other cases were dismissed or judgment entered into through the date of these financial statements.
Plaintiff
  
Month
Served
  
Jurisdiction
  
Claim Type
  
Status
Suarez
  
Sep-16
  
US District Court, Southern District of Florida
  
Wrongful Death
  
Dismissed
Information Regarding the Company's Insurance Coverage
The following table provides information regarding the Company’s product liability insurance. Remaining insurance coverage is based on information received from the Company’s insurance provider (in millions).
Policy Year
 
Policy
Start
Date
 
Policy
End
Date
 
Insurance
Coverage
 
Deductible
Amount
 
Defense
Costs
Covered
 
Remaining
Insurance
Coverage
 
Active Cases and Cases on
Appeal
2009
 
12/15/2008
 
12/15/2009
 
$
10.0

 
$
1.0

 
N
 
$
10.0

 
Derbyshire
2010
 
12/15/2009
 
12/15/2010
 
10.0

 
1.0

 
N
 
10.0

 
Shymko
2011
 
12/15/2010
 
12/15/2011
 
10.0

 
1.0

 
N
 
10.0

 
n/a
Jan-Jun 2012
 
12/15/2011
 
6/25/2012
 
7.0

 
1.0

 
N
 
7.0

 
Ramsey
Jul-Dec 2012
 
6/25/2012
 
12/15/2012
 
12.0

 
1.0

 
N
 
12.0

 
n/a
2013
 
12/15/2012
 
12/15/2013
 
12.0

 
1.0

 
N
 
12.0

 
n/a
2014
 
12/15/2013
 
12/15/2014
 
11.0

 
4.0

 
N
 
11.0

 
n/a
2015
 
12/15/2014
 
12/15/2015
 
10.0

 
5.0

 
N
 
10.0

 
Bennett
2016
 
12/15/2015
 
12/15/2016
 
10.0

 
5.0

 
N
 
10.0

 
Masters
2017
 
12/15/2016
 
12/15/2017
 
10.0

 
5.0

 
N
 
10.0

 
Taylor