A Palm Beach County resident has taken legal action against three organizations following a slip-and-fall incident that resulted in severe injuries. Nestor Varelo filed a complaint on February 12, 2025, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida, naming Golden Lakes Village Association, Inc., Golden Lakes Village Condominium Association "A", Inc., and Seacrest Services, Inc. as defendants.
The lawsuit stems from an incident on July 8, 2023, when Varelo was on the premises of the defendants' residential community at 172 Lake Dora Drive in West Palm Beach. According to the complaint, Varelo slipped and fell on a walkway that had been painted without slip-resistant material. The fall caused serious bodily injuries, including fractures to his right wrist that required surgery. Varelo alleges negligence on the part of all three defendants for failing to maintain safe conditions on their property.
Varelo's complaint outlines specific duties owed by each defendant to ensure safety at the residential community known as Golden Lakes Village. These duties include maintaining the premises in a reasonably safe condition, inspecting and correcting dangerous conditions they knew or should have known about, and warning of such conditions. Additionally, they were expected to manage and instruct personnel to prevent dangerous conditions from occurring or continuing.
The plaintiff accuses each defendant of breaching these duties by allowing unsafe conditions to persist and failing to take precautionary measures to protect him from harm. The complaint states that the negligent condition existed long enough for the defendants to have discovered it through reasonable care. As a result of this alleged negligence, Varelo suffered not only physical injuries but also pain and suffering, temporary and permanent disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, medical expenses, and loss of earnings.
Varelo is seeking compensatory damages exceeding $50,000 from each defendant for his ongoing losses and demands a trial by jury. His attorney is Carlos M. Dominguez from 305 Injury law firm based in Miami.
The Case Number is: 502025CA001241 XXXAMB Div: AO.