Carlo v. Americana Healthcare Corp.

Carley, Judge.

Appellant brought suit to recover damages for personal injuries that she sustained while a patient in appellee’s nursing home facility. The following facts are not in dispute: On the date in question, appellant was walking down a hallway in the nursing home. Another patient was simultaneously attempting to enter the hallway by a door from an adjacent rest room. The door opened outward into the hallway rather than inward into the rest room itself. When the rest room door was thrown open, appellant was struck by it and knocked to the floor. On these facts, appellant’s complaint…