Woman sues Joplin Olive Garden after suffering injury slipping on freshly mopped floor

A woman who says she was injured after slipping on a freshly mopped floor at Olive Garden, 3031 Hammons Boulevard, Joplin, filed a lawsuit against the business owner today in Jasper County Circuit Court.

The plaintiff is Carol McCormick, a Newton County resident. The defendant is FCPT Restaurant Properties dba Olive Garden.

The accident occurred July 2, 2022, according to the petition.

On or about July 2, 2022, Plaintiff {Carol} McCormick entered the Olive Garden restaurant store located at 3031 Hammons Blvd, in Joplin, Missouri, as a business invitee. On said date, an employee of Defendant Olive Garden mopped the tile floor of the lobby for the restaurant, leaving excessive amounts of water on the floor.

As a result of the water left on the tile floor, the floor was slippery and not reasonably safe.

The wet floor of the lobby constituted a dangerous condition that Defendant Olive Garden knew about because an employee created the condition or could have known about because it had existed for a sufficient length of time as to be discovered by reasonable inspection.

Defendant Olive Garden did not warn about the dangerous condition presented by the wet, slippery floor.

Defendant Olive Garden did not barricade the dangerous condition.

Defendant Olive Garden did not remedy the dangerous condition by drying it.

As Plaintiff McCormick was walking across the tile floor of the lobby she slipped on the wet, slippery floor, fell to the ground, and suffered injury.

According to the petition, McCormick suffered "bodily injury, pain, and suffering to her left leg, left knee, left arm, left elbow, left shoulder, right shoulder, right hand, back, neck, and left hip. Plaintiff, Carol McCormick, has incurred and will continue to incur a substantial sum for medical care and treatment. Plaintiff McCormick was caused to have and continues to have pain, suffering, and damage as stated above, loss of enjoyment and quality of life, and inconvenience.

McCormick, who is represented by Patrick Martucci of the Joplin firm of Johnson, Vorhees and Martucci, is seeking "compensatory damages "and costs.