A woman was leaving a restaurant when she missed a set of steps that blended into a sloped walkway and were partially hidden from view. Believing that the path continued, she stepped forward and fell. She suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon, requiring surgery and extensive physical therapy. Before the incident, she was very active.
The area lacked warning signs and clear markings to distinguish the steps, despite safer design features being used elsewhere in the same complex.
