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Appeal from slip and fall dismissal denied; hospital records properly admitted as prior inconsistent statements.
The appellants appealed a judgment dismissing their claims for damages after the appellant slipped and fell in her apartment building's parking lot.
They argued the trial judge erred in admitting hospital and ambulance records regarding the mechanism of the fall, allowing them to be used as prior inconsistent statements, and in instructing the jury on the standard of care.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding the records were properly admitted as circumstantial evidence of prior inconsistent statements and the jury instructions on reasonable care were appropriate.
