Kansas Panel: Lower Court Erred In Excluding Hearsay Testimony In Nursing Home Suit

Mealey's (November 11, 2021, 2:24 PM EST) -- TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas appellate panel on Nov. 5 reversed and remanded a lower court’s judgment in favor of a nursing home, finding that hearsay testimony that a resident with dementia walked out of the home unsupervised because staffers left for lunch at the same time should have been allowed and was “central to the plaintiff’s case.”...