An Ocala woman’s slip-and-fall lawsuit against a local healthcare provider was dismissed twice by a Marion County judge over the course of nearly two years of litigation.
The lawsuit was originally filed by Donna Callahan in August 2023, against Ocala Infectious Disease and Wound Center, 32nd Place LLC, and Haris I. Mirza, MD.
In her complaint, Callahan claimed that she suffered injuries while she was walking around the center, which is located at 2651 SW 32nd Place, “on or about November 7, 2019.”
Callahan’s attorneys alleged that their client fell as she was walking to her vehicle in the parking lot because of “insufficient lighting” on a sidewalk around the building.
In the fall of 2023, the medical agencies responded to the complaint, denying Callahan’s allegations in a series of answers and affirmative defenses and interrogatory answers.
In November 2023, Callahan’s Maitland-based attorney filed a motion to withdraw himself from the case. After several additional months of filings, the case was originally dismissed in June 2024.
Less than a week after the first dismissal, Callahan’s attorneys made a motion to set aside the order of dismissal. That motion was denied and then amended by Callahan’s legal team.
The case was reopened in the summer of 2024 and the amended motion to set aside the dismissal from Callahan’s attorneys was granted by the judge in the case.
For nearly a year thereafter, both legal teams continued to take depositions and gather evidence for a potential trial.
Then, in May of 2025, the case was voluntarily dismissed by Callahan.
Ocala Infectious Disease and Wound Center specializes in diagnosing and treating acute/chronic infections and slow-healing wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers.
Since late 2023, Ocala-News.com has reported on over 125 lawsuits filed by local residents against businesses, government entities, and other residents. This figure represents a small percentage of the total number of civil suits that have been filed in Marion County courts over that period.