TAMPA - The Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA and the Hillsborough County School Board face a personal injury complaint in the Hillsborough County Circuit Court from the parents of an elementary school student who tripped on the basketball court in a YMCA after-school program.
According to documents filed on March 23, plaintiffs Alexandra Gilmore and Nkosi Gilmore of Tampa have a son who attends the Tampa Palms Elementary School after-school program administered by the YMCA.
On February 19, 2020, the son was playing on the outside basketball court during the after-school program and tripped and fell on the basketball hoop's bolted base, sustaining injuries, the suit claims.
The defendants are charged with negligence and consortium. The plaintiffs are represented by Dan Newlin Injury Attorneys of Orlando.