Scampone v. Highland Park Care Center, LLC

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

Highland Park Care Center, L.L.C. and Grane Healthcare Company (separately, “Highland Park” and “Grane Healthcare”; together, “appellants”) appeal the decision of the Superior Court to reverse the grant of a nonsuit in part, affirm the denial of a *584nonsuit in part, and award a new trial to Richard Scampone, the executor of the estate of Madeline Scampone (the “Scam-pone estate” or “appellee”). We hold that a nursing home and affiliated entities are subject to potential direct liability for negligence, where the requisite resident-entity relationship exists to…