Judge: Death Certificate Can Defeat Nursing Home’s Summary Judgment Motion

(November 29, 2018, 10:57 AM EST) -- WICHITA, Kan. — A federal judge in Kansas on Nov. 19 granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment filed by a defendant nursing home in a wrongful death suit, holding that an amended death certificate, rather than the testimony of two nurses, can be used to establish a triable issue as to whether a woman’s fall caused her death (Mark Funk, et al. v. Pinnacle Health Facilities XXXII LP, et al., No. 17-1099-JTM, D. Kan., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196660)....