Hidden cameras not alway reliable evidence (Nanny sues Manufacturer(

[The Straight Story]

Nanny Sues Manufacturer Of Hidden Camera System

POSTED: 7:20 am EDT June 14, 2006
UPDATED: 7:24 am EDT June 14, 2006

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A nanny who was arrested after police viewed hidden camera video recordings that appeared to show her shaking a 5-month-old baby is suing the recording system's manufacturer.

Claudia Muro, 32, alleges that distorted camera footage wrongfully led to her arrest and imprisonment. She was arrested in October 2003 and spent more than two years awaiting trial before prosecutors dropped the case because of concerns about the tape.

The footage was broadcast on television around the country.

The lawsuit was filed against Boca Raton-based Tyco Fire & Security, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

Broward County prosecutors in March said experts they had consulted concluded the footage was not reliable as evidence because its videotape was time-lapsed, meaning that the movements that appeared to be rough shaking might not have been as violent as they appeared.

http://www.local6.com/news/9367072/detail.html

[MercutioATC]

1. And that's the fault of the manufacturer, how?

:eyes:

We're certainly a sue-happy nation, aren't we?