Murphy v. JEFFERSON HEALTH CARE CENTER LLC

WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.

12Plaintiff, Joyeelyn Murphy, was employed by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals as a surveyor to inspect nursing homes for state compliance. On April 11, 2005, Ms. Murphy was part of a team of approximately five inspectors who were assigned to inspect the Jefferson Healthcare Center, L.L.C. (“JHCC”). On that date, the inspectors arrived unannounced at JHCC and began their inspection. Ms. Murphy alleges that while she was walking in a hallway between patients’ rooms, she slipped on a greasy substance on the hallway floor and caught herself on the…