Linda Plunk v. National Health Investors

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE May 3, 2000 Session LINDA K. PLUNK, ET AL. v. NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS, INC. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lawrence County No. CC-381-97 Robert L. Jones, Judge No. M1999-01596-COA-R3-CV - Filed June 7, 2002 This appeal involves a nursing home visitor who injured herself by stepping into a grassy depression in the building’s landscaping. The visitor and her husband filed suit in the Circuit Court for Lawrence County alleging that the nursing home’s owner had failed to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition. A jury apportioned…