Originally Posted by
law dawg
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
We get information all the time from private companies. TK is right - if it were protected information then the evidence would be excluded. Defense attorneys would quash that ricky-tick. They would if they could, but they can't so they don't. It's not protected information.
I could not use evidence that your lawyer provided me. It's protected. It would be excluded. I can use evidence the airline provides me. It's not protected. Big difference.
Correct, you could use the evidence so collected as evidence. And the defendant could sue the party that provided it (unless it was provided under a lawful court order).