Sims ex rel. Sims v. Charlotte Liberty Mutual Insurance

The trial court excluded the contents of the hospital records without assigning any reason for the ruling. Conseqently if they were inadmissible on any legal ground, the ruling should be up*35held. The plaintiff insists the records were inadmissible upon two grounds: (1) as hearsay, and (2) as privileged communications.

Hospital records, when offered as primary evidence, are hearsay. However, we think they come within one of the well recognized exceptions to the hearsay rule — entries made in the regular course of business. Modern business and professional activities have become so complex,…