Problem

I'm getting a parse error on some of my json data, because it includes single quotes.
For example, some of my data could look like this:

Larry's data

I've read the following article:
jQuery single quote in JSON response

and I've been trying to implement some of the solutions but I haven't been able to get rid of my parse error.

Code

In my model, I'm using a lua library to encode my data as json.
The model returns data that looks like this:

[{createddatetime:2013-09-10 17:56:55,description:John Doe's phone,number:72051,createdname:conversion script,user:23123,position:46,id:49,user_id:822,password:rwer234}]

In my view, my code currently looks like this:

  $.ajax({

      url:myurl + '?startpos=' + page_index * items_per_page + '&numberofrecordstograb=' + items_per_page + '&viewtype=json',



      success: function(data){            



            console.log('inside');    

             for(var i=0;i<data.length;i++) {

                        var deviceobj = data[i];                        

                        newcontent = newcontent + <TR>;

                        newcontent=newcontent + '<TD>';    



                        //add EDIT hyperlink

                        if ($(#editdevicesettings).val() == true) {              

                            var temp  = $(#editlinkpath).val();

                            newcontent=newcontent +  temp.replace(xxx,deviceobj[device_id]) + '&nbsp;&nbsp;';

                        } 



                        //add DELETE hyperlink

                        if ($(#deletedevice).val() == true) {              

                            var temp  = $(#deletelinkpath).val();

                            newcontent=newcontent +  temp.replace(xxx,deviceobj[device_id]);

                        }                                 

                        newcontent=newcontent + '</TD>';



                        newcontent=newcontent + '<TD>' + deviceobj[number] +'</TD>';

                        newcontent=newcontent + '<<TD>' + deviceobj[user] + '</TD>';

                        newcontent=newcontent + '<<TD>' + deviceobj[password] + '</TD>';

                        if (deviceobj[name]) {

                              newcontent=newcontent + '<TD>' + deviceobj[name] + '</TD>';

                        } 

                        else  {

                             newcontent=newcontent + '<TD>&nbsp;</TD>';

                        }

                        newcontent=newcontent + '<TD>' + unescape(deviceobj[description])  + '</TD>';

                        newcontent = newcontent + </TR>;         

                }// end for 

                // Replace old content with new content

                $('#Searchresult').html(newcontent);                    

            }//end if



      },

      error: function(request, textStatus, errorThrown) {

        console.log(textStatus);

        console.log('========');

        console.log(request);



      },

      complete: function(request, textStatus) { //for additional info

        //alert(request.responseText);

        console.log(textStatus);

      }

    });

But I still get the parse error on this particular record.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.

EDIT 1

I've changed my logic so that when it fails, it print out request.responseText into the console. Here's what it looks like:

[{createddatetime:2013-09-10 17:56:55,description:John Doe's phone,number:72051,createdname:conversion script,user:28567,position:46,id:49,user_id:822,password:rwer234}]

The apostrophe is still escaped.

EDIT 2

Here's what my code looks like on the server side (aka. in the model):

get_device_records = function(ajaxdata)

   local results = list_devices(nil,false,ajaxdata.startpos, ajaxdata.numberofrecordstograb)

   return results.value

end