Legal Opinion
Thomas E. Harris v. City of Chicago and Alex D. Ramos, Officer, Individually, and as a Police Officer for the City of Chicago, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 2001No. 00-2172PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
During discovery in this civil case, defendant-appellee Alex Ramos refused to respond to a number of discovery requests, instead invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. At trial, however, Ramos answered all questions posed to him on direct and cross-examination, and all evidence of his prior silence was excluded. After a jury verdict for the defendants, plaintiff-appellant Thomas Harris moved for a new trial contending that the effect of these two rulings — permitting Ramos to respond to questions that he had previously refused to answer while…
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