A Palm Beach County resident has filed a lawsuit against multiple entities for negligence after suffering injuries from stepping into a pothole in a poorly maintained parking lot. The complaint, filed by Theodor Fries on September 9, 2024, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida, names Catayu Properties, LLC; Catayu Group Management, Inc.; and Plush Pony, Inc., doing business as Plush Pony Lounge, as defendants.

According to the court documents, Theodor Fries was a customer at the Plush Pony Lounge located at 2028 S. Military Trail in West Palm Beach on the evening of September 11, 2020. After leaving the lounge and walking through the adjoining parking lot owned and managed by Catayu Properties and Catayu Group Management respectively, Fries unexpectedly stepped into a water-filled pothole due to poor lighting conditions and accumulated rainwater. This incident caused him to fall onto the hard asphalt surface.

The plaintiff asserts that the strip shopping center and its parking lot were built in 1975 and have since been exposed to extreme weather conditions typical of South Florida. These conditions contributed to the deterioration of the asphalt surface over time. Despite this knowledge, Fries claims that all three defendants failed to maintain or repair the hazardous potholes adequately.

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