April 15,
2002
Woman awarded $500,000 in fall at Winn-Dixie
The suit:
In 1998, Miami resident Nadine Lewis sued Jacksonville-based Winn
Dixie in Miami-Dade Circuit Court after she slipped and fell on
orange juice that had spilled onto the floor of a Miami Winn-Dixie
supermarket during stocking of the refrigerated shelves. Lewis
alleged negligent supervision of employees, vicarious liability
and premise liability.
The Attorneys:
Roy Oppenheim, a partner at Oppenheim Pilesky in Weston, and Michael
Buckley , a shareholder in Fowler white Burnett in Miami, represented
Lewis. Gregory A. Victor, head of insurance and liability defense
at Adorno & Zeder in Miami and Markel Arrizabalaga, an Adorno
associate, represented Winn-Dixie.
The Details:
When Lewis slipped in October of 1997, she suffered a herniated
disk and underwent several operations. She's currently confined
to a wheelchair.
The suit alleged that neither the Winn-Dixie stock boy nor other
employees employed adequate measures to clean up the spill, and
that the nearest warning sign of the spill was on the opposite
side of the aisle.
On Jan, 10 the jury awarded Lewis $915,000, but that was reduced
by 45% because the jurors found that she bore some responsibility
for the accident.
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