Price v. Frederick C. Smith Clinic

Shaw, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Randy Smith, executor of the estate of Martha Smith, deceased, appeals the judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Marion County, Ohio, granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, The Frederick C. Smith Clinic and Clinic Investment L.L.C. (“the clinic”) and dismissing his complaint against them.

{¶ 2} On April 20, 2004, Martha was entering the clinic, aided by the use of a cane, when she was knocked down by the automatic sliding doors at the main entrance while in the threshold of the doors. Gayle Hayman, who had witnessed the incident,…