Reports are the patient was attending a concert at the knitting factory in (b)(4) and attempted to negotiate two or three 6-inch steps with a portable ramp.Witnesses state that the patient first reclined the seating system backwards as far as possible before going down the ramp.End user is reported to not be wearing a positional belt and she fell out of the wheelchair when it came to a stop.The patient is reported to have sustained fracture through the inferior aspect of the anterior tibial tubercle with a possible fracture of the fibula, and a non-displaced fracture of the left big toe, and multiple contusions and abrasions.The client is suing the knitting factory blaming the facility for her being thrown from her wheelchair.
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