Brown v. Holiday Inn Express & Suites

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Lisa K. Brown, appeals a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas that granted defendant-appellee, P & S Hotel Group, Ltd. ("P & S"), judgment on the pleadings. For the following reasons, we affirm that judgment in part and reverse it in part.

{¶ 2} On September 28, 2014, Brown was a guest of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbus East, which P & S owns and operates. Brown took a shower and, afterwards, grabbed a towel off the rack to dry herself. While Brown was drying her face, she discovered that feces covered the towel she was using. As a result…