In a medical malpractice action, the plaintiffs challenged the admissibility of evidence from a defendant cardiologist, Dr. Wong, concerning average wait times for stress tests.
Dr. Wong's testimony was based on patient records and a summary chart prepared by his office staff.
The plaintiffs argued this constituted inadmissible hearsay, as Dr. Wong did not personally verify all the underlying data.
The court ruled that Dr. Wong's evidence was admissible in its entirety.
It found that the patient records contained Dr. Wong's first-hand knowledge and served to refresh his memory, and the chart was a summary of this information.
Any weaknesses or limitations in the process of compiling the data were deemed to affect the weight of the evidence, not its admissibility.
