Navigation Plaintiff alleges negligence against Wellington Mall after slip-and-fall incident
Jacqueline McNealy has filed a lawsuit against a prominent shopping center, alleging negligence after suffering injuries from a slip and fall incident. The complaint was lodged on April 4, 2025, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida, naming Starwood Capital Group Global, L.P., doing business as Wellington Mall, as the defendant.
According to the details outlined in the case, McNealy claims that on April 18, 2024, she was visiting Wellington Mall when she slipped on a liquid substance near the entrance of an AT&T store within the premises. As a business invitee at the mall owned by Starwood Capital Group Global, L.P., McNealy asserts that the defendant had a duty to maintain safe conditions for its patrons. She accuses Wellington Mall of failing to uphold this responsibility by allowing a hazardous condition to persist on their property without adequate warning or remediation.
The complaint elaborates on several points where McNealy believes Wellington Mall breached its duty of care. These include creating or failing to eliminate the dangerous condition that led to her injury and neglecting to inspect and clean up foreign substances promptly. The document states that “the dangerous condition that caused the Plaintiff to get injured had been on the property long enough that the Defendant knew or under reasonable care should have known” about it. Furthermore, McNealy alleges that no warning signs were placed nor was any effort made to cordon off the area until it could be addressed.
