Opinion ID: 2539402
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 16

Heading: Issue 5: KBS showed prejudice resulting from the trial court's order in limine and evidentiary rulings.

Text: The bank argues that the Court of Appeals panel erred in effectively holding the trial court's evidentiary rulings prejudiced KBS. See State v. Voyles, 284 Kan. 239, 252, 160 P.3d 794 (2007) (Errors that do not affirmatively cause prejudice to the substantial rights of a complaining party do not require reversal when substantial justice has been done.); see also, K.S.A. 60-261. The bank appears to first contend that no prejudice can be shown because the KBS claim file, especially investigative parts identified as Exhibit FFF, was never offered for admission into evidence at trial. Second, it contends that KBS then failed to receive court approval of any proffer of the file as purportedly required by K.S.A. 60-405. According to the bank, because KBS never received approval of its proffer, the proffer was not properly before the panel. KBS responds that its proffer was properly made and approved and therefore correctly before the panel. The panel essentially held that KBS was prejudiced by the trial court's rulings: Further, the order in limine effectively and improperly undercuts KBS's ability to present any defense to the breach of contract action or to present a case for rescission of the bond. The district court, in effect, barred testimony which goes to the issue of whether the bank made misrepresentations on the renewal application. (Emphasis added.) Slip op. at 19.