My friend slipped and fell at winn dixie (grocery store) in a puddle of pop and is now going to try and sue.?

Ezal: Aw, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. God. Oh, I'm hurt. Oh, my neck, my back, my neck and my back. Oh, I want $150,000, but we can settle out of court right now for twenty bucks. Janitor: Man, get your punk *** up. It ain't even wet over here. Damn. A snippet of dialog from a favorite movie of mine, Friday. To put it into perspective falling doesn't warrant payment. I slide through water and ice and jump around off stuff for fun. If I fell I couldn't say oh... your puddle of water, sheet of ice or bench obstructed my free jumping. Therefore causing me injury. In your friend's case she SHOULD seek medical attention and get a VERY PROFICIENT LAWYER. IF she IS SORE and HAS HURT HERSELF and IS PREGNANT there are sooo many things at risk. Her health, her soon to be child's health etc. The odds of her getting money aren't very good if she doesn't hire a good lawyer. That's the biggest part of it. Who can build a case, have the doctor's diagnosis and spin that to generating a liability for the company. It's pretty difficult. If she tries to lie about it she risks getting herself in trouble. She has to put the right spin on it. Like the lady who sued McDonalds for having hot coffee and spilling it on herself. She wasn't the most intelligent woman, put a paper cup between her legs and tried to drive with scalding hot water in it. As well as applying break and putting on parking break and turning while expecting the water to stay in the flimsy paper cup. Hmm. Well you tell me.. how good is the lawyer :P

Little to none if she isn't at a financial loss.

Depends on the facts, but it sounds like she's going to lose. The actions of the store had to be unreasonable. She would basically have to make a case that the store owner was somehow negligent, either by showing that they knew about the spill but didn't take adequate measures in cleaning it, or somehow they created a situation where it was extremely likely that soda was going to spill on their floor and cause someone to slip. My guess is that neither of those happened in this case. She can't sue just because someone accidentally spilled some soda and she happened to slip on it before someone had a chance to clean it up.

a single mother with 1 child and 1 on the way ...what does that have to do with a lawsuit??? Oh Gads people like this are the reasons we have so many frivolous law suits.... Who pays for this kind of idiotic stuff...The customer....Instead of going to a lawyer tomorrow why not try job hunting...Obviously she has the time.....She hurt her but because she was not looking where she was going and now she wants to sue.....Primates.....Can we at least get passed that??

no medical bills no case to sue you have to prove a loss she has no bills she has no case and the store can also say she should have been watching where she was going you can see a puddle on the floor long before you get there

it was an accident.....she didnt lose any money due to this accident so she cant be compensated for her clumsines..... im sorry but thats what it was.....she was being clumsy. she needs to take the stores instructions and file a complaint. PLUS with no hospital records she cant claim she got hurt which from what it looks like she didnt since she went home.....it sounds to me like she is having a hard time paying for things such as her "studio apt" and with being a "single mother". that is not a reason to sue someone. which you wouldnt have mentioned her hard time (which is what you are implying with her story of having surgeries etc and her apt and being single etc.....) if that wasnt the reason for her to want to get some money out of someone to pay for some expenses like rent. if thats not the case, then my apologies but she cant sue...well she could, but she wouldnt win.

Accidents happen.... Who says with live in a litigious society?