Customer Wins Slip-and-Fall Case Against Winn-Dixie

 Case Background

Stephany Elaine Jones walked into a Winn-Dixie supermarket on Ives Dairy Road in Miami on the afternoon of February 26, 2023. She had come as a regular customer, expecting a clean, safe environment. What began as a routine grocery trip ended in a painful fall when she slipped on a liquid substance near one of the store aisles. That single misstep changed her life, leading to lasting injuries and a lawsuit filed weeks later in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court.

At the time of the incident, the store had been under the ownership and control of Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., a Florida corporation actively operating in the region. Jones claimed that the supermarket failed to maintain its premises and protect customers from foreseeable hazards. She filed a negligence suit in March 2023, alleging the store had breached its legal duty by allowing a dangerous condition to persist.

Cause that led to the dispute

According to Jones’s complaint, the cause of her fall had been clear: Winn-Dixie allowed a liquid to remain on the floor without cleaning it or warning customers. She stated that no signs, barricades, or caution indicators had been placed near the substance. She also argued that store employees either knew about the spill or would have discovered it through reasonable inspections. Her attorneys pointed out that the substance had likely been on the ground long enough to put the staff on notice. She said the hazard either happened regularly or had lasted long enough that proper store protocol should have kicked in.

Injuries suffered

The fall left Jones with more than temporary discomfort. She claimed to suffer serious and permanent injuries, both physical and emotional. Her lawsuit described ongoing pain, disfigurement, disability, mental anguish, and the inability to enjoy life as she once had. She also cited financial harm, pointing to medical bills and a diminished ability to earn a living. The injuries, she said, would likely require future care and would continue to affect her daily rou