A debate over whether a standard of care had been breached ensued before the Georgia Court of Appeals Tuesday, after a sensorless door at a Cartersville assisted living facility struck and injured a 90-year-old resident.

The appellant attorney representing the estate of the resident, who later died, argued plaintiffs didn’t need to show a violation of a statute to prove negligence.

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