Johnson v. Open Door Cmty. Health Ctrs.

*156 Plaintiff Claudia Johnson appeals the trial court's entry of summary judgment for defendant Open Door Community Health Centers ("Open Door"), contending the trial court's application of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act's (MICRA) ( Code Civ. Proc., § 340.5 ) one-year statute of limitations for professional negligence was error. Guided by *841 Flores v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hosp. (2016) 63 Cal.4th 75 , 201 Cal.Rptr.3d 449 , 369 P.3d 229 ( Flores ), we reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Johnson was at one of Open Door's clinics on November 3, 2011 to review test results with a nurse-practitioner. Prior to her consult, and before she entered the treatment room, her vital signs were taken and she was weighed on a scale located against the wall in the hallway outside of the treatment room. After the consult, Johnson left the treatment room and headed towards the building exit, as her results were satisfactory and no further treatment was needed. On her way out of the treatment room, she tripped on the scale, which she alleges was moved during the consult and was partially obstructing the path from the room to the hall. As a result, Johnson fell and…