{"id":6608,"date":"2017-08-29T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6608"},"modified":"2017-08-28T00:33:39","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T00:33:39","slug":"u-s-district-court-agrees-stipulated-videotaped-statements-although-hearsay-seen-jury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-district-court-agrees-stipulated-videotaped-statements-although-hearsay-seen-jury\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. District Court Agrees that Stipulated Videotaped Statements &#8212; Although Hearsay &#8212; Should Have Been Seen by the Jury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a decision by a district court judge of the Southern District of Illinois. Reginald Pittman was a pretrial detainee in the Madison County Jail when he hanged himself from the bars of his cell with a blanket. He did not die, but he sustained brain damage that left him in a vegetative state, cared for entirely by his mother without any government benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Pittman had left a suicide note in which he stated that he was killing himself because the guards were not letting him see crisis counselors. His mother brought this lawsuit against Madison County, as well as jail staffers, charging deliberate indifference by guards and other jail staff to the risk of his attempting suicide, in violation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\">Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2011, the federal district court judge granted summary judgment in favor of all the defendants, but the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Circuit Court of Appeals reversed as to Randy Eaton and Matt Warner, two of the jail\u2019s guards, on the ground that there was a genuine issue of fact as to whether they had been deliberately indifferent to the risk that Pittman would attempt suicide.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-district-court-agrees-stipulated-videotaped-statements-although-hearsay-seen-jury\/#more-6608\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a decision by a district court judge of the Southern District of Illinois. Reginald Pittman was a pretrial detainee in the Madison County Jail when he hanged himself from the bars of his cell with a blanket. 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