A gym-goer is taking legal action after a workout turned into a nightmare due to faulty equipment. Maxol Cimeus filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida, on January 17, 2025, against Fitness International, LLC, doing business as LA Fitness, and Pine Trail Square, LLC.
The lawsuit stems from an incident that occurred on October 23, 2023. Maxol Cimeus was working out at the LA Fitness gym located within Pine Trail Square when a belt on the leg exercise machine snapped, causing him injury. According to the complaint, Cimeus was legally on the premises as a business invitee when the accident happened. The plaintiff claims that both defendants were negligent in maintaining safe conditions at their facilities.
Cimeus alleges that LA Fitness failed to maintain its premises safely and neglected to correct or warn about dangerous conditions they knew or should have known existed. The complaint states that LA Fitness did not adequately train its employees to inspect for or repair such hazards. It also accuses them of engaging in negligent business operations. "LA Fitness had actual or constructive knowledge of the dangerous condition and failed to take action to remedy it," reads one part of the document.
Similarly, Pine Trail Square is accused of negligence for failing to ensure safety at their shopping plaza where LA Fitness operates. The lawsuit claims that Pine Trail had a non-delegable duty to maintain safe conditions for invitees like Cimeus and failed in this responsibility by not addressing foreseeable dangers posed by recurring issues with gym equipment.
As a result of these alleged failures by both defendants, Cimeus suffered severe injuries leading to pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, medical expenses including hospitalization and nursing care costs; he also experienced loss of earnings and earning capacity along with aggravation of pre-existing conditions. These losses are claimed to be permanent or ongoing.
Cimeus seeks damages exceeding $50,000 from each defendant along with costs and post-judgment interest while demanding trial by jury for his case against both parties involved - Fitness International LLC d/b/a LA Fitness as well as Pine Trail Square LLC.
The case is represented by attorney Christian Romaguera from Lytal Reiter Smith Ivey & Fronrath law firm based out West Palm Beach Florida under Case ID: 502025CA000433XXXAMB.