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Hickey V

The document discusses a case involving allegations of animal cruelty against the plaintiff. The defendant made two videotaped statements and a third statement to a reporter accusing the plaintiff of mistreating animals. The court found that while the statements contained multiple levels of hearsay, each level was admissible under an exception to the hearsay rule. Specifically, the words used in the statements had legal significance relevant to the nature of the defamation cause of action.

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Hickey V

The document discusses a case involving allegations of animal cruelty against the plaintiff. The defendant made two videotaped statements and a third statement to a reporter accusing the plaintiff of mistreating animals. The court found that while the statements contained multiple levels of hearsay, each level was admissible under an exception to the hearsay rule. Specifically, the words used in the statements had legal significance relevant to the nature of the defamation cause of action.

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Hickey v. Settlemier The P was mistreating animals, cruelty to animals Need to prove that those words were said D made two videotaped statements about P that were potentially defamatory and had a third such statement attributed to her by the reporter that taped the other sstatments Multiple hearsay is admissible provided that each level of hearsay satisfies an exception to the hearsay rule The words in this case the nature of the cause of action have meaning in this case So those words have legal significancy (like its the bribe, its the offer) they are admissible as none hearsay we dont care about the sensory impression of declarant

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