FORT LAUDERDALE — A business invitee is suing Butters Realty & Management LLC for alleged negligence.
Jenifer Edworthy filed a complaint on June 13 in the Broward County Circuit Court, alleging that the defendant failed to provide a safe environment.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that she slipped on a foreign substance that had accumulated on the floor of defendant's premises on Aug. 30, 2016, which allegedly caused her to sustain multiple bodily injuries, disability, pain and suffering, medical expenses and lost wages.
The plaintiff holds the defendant responsible for allegedly failing to warn her about the existing dangers of the premises, maintain and supervise the premises where the accident occurred and for allegedly allowing a dangerous condition to exist.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment against the defendant for damages in excess of $15,000. She is represented by William C. Ruggiero of Law Offices of William C. Ruggiero in Fort Lauderdale.
Broward County Circuit Court case number 17-C-11286