Jalowy v. Friendly Home, Inc.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This is - a case about an unwelcome visitor to an unfriendly nursing home. At least this is how the parties perceived each other. Although the defendant nursing home dubbed itself “The Friendly Home, Inc.” (home), this euphonic appellation proved to be a particularly galling misno mer to the plaintiff, John Jalowy (Jalowy). Indeed, the parties’ dealings with each other in late 1992 and early 1993 could be characterized in many different ways, but “friendly” was not one of them. At that time, Jalowy’s mother, Stacia Jalowy, was a resident of the home, an…