Darnell v. Eastman

As briefed and argued to this court, the basic issue of law to be decided concerns the admissibility of those portions of the hospital records prepared by or under the supervision of Dr. Baxter. Although the Court of Appeals, by overruling assignment of error No. 2 in that court upheld the admissibility of those records against the claim that they were rendered inadmissible merely by reason of the use of a rubber stamp signature, that court, by sustaining assignment of error No. 3, held such records to be inadmissible because of the failure of plaintiff to introduce “independent evidence” as…