Rebekah Johnson has filed a negligence complaint against Wawa, Inc. and John Doe, the manager of a Wawa store, in the Circuit Court of the 6th Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florida on May 28, 2024. The plaintiff alleges that she suffered significant injuries due to the defendants’ failure to maintain safe premises.

According to the complaint, Johnson visited a Wawa store located at 3650 34th St N in Pinellas County on January 15, 2022. During her visit as a business invitee, she slipped and fell on a wet floor, which she claims was due to the negligent acts of Wawa and its manager. The lawsuit asserts that Wawa failed to maintain its grounds in a reasonably safe condition and neglected to correct or warn about the dangerous condition that led to her fall.

The complaint details several specific allegations against Wawa: “By carelessly and negligently failing to maintain the grounds on its premises in a reasonably safe condition,” creating “a hazard to patrons who were ambulating on said premises,” including Johnson. Furthermore, it accuses Wawa of failing “to correct a dangerous condition of which it knew or should have known by the use of reasonable care” and not warning Johnson about this hazard despite having greater knowledge than her.