Grimes v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co.
United States District Court for the District of Alaska
73 F.R.D. 607 (1977)
Relevant factsFree
Thomas Grimes (plaintiff), suing Employers Mutual Liability Insurance (defendant) for personal injuries from an industrial accident, sought to introduce a videotape he made of himself performing daily activities and clinical tests to demonstrate the nature of his injuries; the insurer objected that the videotape constituted inadmissible hearsay, and the court addressed its admissibility before trial.
IssueFree
Whether a self-made videotape depicting a plaintiff deliberately performing activities to demonstrate his injuries constitutes hearsay under the rule defining a statement to include assertive nonverbal conduct.