A Florida resident has filed a lawsuit against three local businesses, alleging negligence after suffering severe injuries from a slip and fall. On September 17, 2024, Majd Mokhtar filed the complaint in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida, targeting Betty’s Launderette, Inc., Local Food Mart, LLC, and Save Well Mart LLC.
According to the court documents, Mokhtar claims that on June 23, 2024, he was lawfully on the premises of all three defendants when he slipped and fell on a slippery sidewalk. The plaintiff asserts that this hazardous condition was not only dangerous but also latent and defective. He accuses Betty’s Launderette and its agents of failing to maintain safe premises at their location on 66th Street North in Pinellas Park. Similarly, Local Food Mart and Save Well Mart are accused of similar negligence at their adjacent locations.
Mokhtar's complaint outlines multiple alleged failures by each defendant. These include permitting him to walk on unsafe premises without proper care for his safety, failing to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition, neglecting to discover or remedy the dangerous condition timely, and not providing adequate warnings about the hazard. "Negligently and carelessly failed to give the Plaintiff timely notice and/or warning of the dangerous condition," states one section of the complaint against all three defendants.
The plaintiff is seeking damages exceeding $50,000 from each defendant for physical and mental pain and suffering, medical expenses incurred due to his injuries, as well as other related costs. Mokhtar claims these injuries are either permanent or continuing in nature and will result in future losses.
Represented by Tomas L. Gacio from Abrahamson & Uiterwyk Car Accident & Injury Lawyers based in Tampa, Mokhtar is demanding a jury trial for all issues triable by right. The case is being overseen by Judge Ken Burke under Case Number 24-004166-CI.