A recent court filing in Pinellas County, Florida, has brought to light a harrowing incident involving a minor who was injured at a local school. The complaint, filed by Anne-Marie Saitta on June 6, 2024, accuses Learning Independence for Tomorrow, Inc. (LIFT) and Skanska USA Building, Inc. (Skanska) of negligence that led to her son Vincent Saitta’s injuries.

According to the complaint filed in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Anne-Marie Saitta alleges that on September 21, 2023, her son Vincent was exiting the LIFT-operated school property located at 1005 S. Highland Ave., Clearwater when a metal bar fell and struck him. The lawsuit claims that both LIFT and Skanska failed to maintain safe conditions at the property where construction work was being carried out by Skanska.

The plaintiff asserts that LIFT had hired Skanska for construction work at the school premises and that both entities were responsible for ensuring safety during this period. “On the date of the incident,” states the complaint, “LIFT owed the Plaintiff…the duty to exercise reasonable care for the safety of Plaintiff.” It further alleges that LIFT breached this duty by failing to adequately maintain or inspect the doorway area from which the metal bar fell.