Two Ocala residents have filed separate lawsuits against Winn-Dixie Stores, LLC, alleging negligence after suffering injuries from slips and falls at local grocery stores in late 2025, with both complaints claiming the retailer failed to maintain safe premises for its customers.
The complaints were filed separately in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County in December. The most recent incident detailed in the filings occurred on October 30, 2025.
On that day, Indira Sanabia claims she was shopping at the Winn-Dixie located at 7131 North US Highway 441 when she slipped on a “clear puddle of water” near the end of the canned goods and vegetable aisle.
According to the complaint, which was filed on December 18, 2025, Sanabia suffered “bodily and terminal injury,” including permanent injury to her body, disability, and mental anguish. Her attorneys argue the store breached its duty to maintain the floor in a reasonably safe condition and failed to warn her of the dangerous condition, which they claim the store knew or should have known about.
Sanabia is represented by Morgan & Morgan and is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, which is the jurisdictional threshold for cases to be tried in circuit, rather than county, court.
A second lawsuit, filed on December 29, 2025, involves an incident at the Harveys Supermarket located at 3435 North Pine Avenue. The grocery store is owned by Southeastern Grocers (SEG), the same company that current owns all Winn-Dixie supermarkets.
In that complaint, Elizabeth Conway claims she was injured on August 17, 2025, when she slipped on a “transitory foreign substance” allegedly caused by a leaking cooler.
The complaint includes an exhibit photo depicting the aisle where the fall occurred, showing a wet floor marker near a refrigerated section.
Conway’s attorneys allege the store negligently failed to inspect the cooler for leaks or warn patrons of the hazard. The lawsuit asserts Conway suffered bodily injury, significant scarring, and loss of earning capacity.
Conway is represented by Farah & Farah and is also demanding a jury trial and damages exceeding $50,000.
Both lawsuits accuse the retailer of failing to correct dangerous conditions that were foreseeable and preventable. The filings assert that the stores had a non-delegable duty to maintain the floors and warn customers of potential hazards.
Winn-Dixie Stores, LLC has not yet filed a formal response to the specific allegations in either case.