Secret recordings not allowed at trial, magistrate rules; Plaintiff claims employer wrecked his credit score
Courtney Cox EAST ST. LOUIS – Indiana resident Gary Martin broke Illinois law by recording conversations at work, according to a judge presiding over Martin’s civil suit against his former employer. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Beatty declared the recordings inadmissible on Jan. 29. “Plaintiff secretly recorded these conversations without the consent of all parties, violating the eavesdropping statute,” he wrote. Attorney Stephen Williams of Terre Haute, Ind. sued Central State Construction of Marshall on Martin’s behalf last March. The lawsuit alle...