A hospital has to anticipate that elderly visitors coming to sit with patients in the hospital atrium will have difficulty with chairs that are light and unstable, have a high center of gravity or easily slide across a slippery floor surface, the Court of Appeals of Ohio has said.

   Hospitals are responsible to patients and to visitors for injuries from hazardous conditions on the premises. Hospitals must anticipate that some visitors will be elderly and infirm. Crane vs. Hospital, 658 N.E. 2d 1088 (Ohio App., 1995).