Gateway Region YMCA claims a guest caused her own injuries by failing to watch where she was walking when she allegedly slipped and fell in the bathroom.
Michelle Creel filed the complaint in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Gateway Region YMCA. Creel is represented by attorney Matthew Young of Kuehn Beasley & Young PC in Belleville.
According to the complaint, Creel was at an unspecified YMCA facility in St. Clair County on Dec. 9, 2020. While there, Creel claims she slipped and fell on liquid accumulated on the bathroom floor. She alleges she did not know and had no reason to know the liquid was there.
Creel claims the defendant, through its employees, knew the substance was on the floor prior to the fall.
“At all times leading up to the fall, one of defendant’s employees, agents, or representatives was stationed near the area of liquid on the floor, and through the exercise of ordinary care, its presence should have been discovered,” the suit states.
Creel alleges the defendant had a duty to exercise reasonable care in maintaining and operating the premises in order to provide a safe environment for visitors.
Creel accuses YMCA of negligently failing to warn her of the liquid on the floor, failing to warn her of the hazardous condition, failing to exercise reasonable care and negligently maintained the premises.
As a result, Creel claims she suffered severe injuries, lost wages, and incurred medical bills.
Gateway Region YMCA answered the complaint through attorney John Cooney of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Edwardsville.
The defendant denies liability. In its affirmative defenses, Gateway Region YMCA claims the plaintiff negligently failed to watch where she was walking.
St. Clair County Circuit Judge William Stiehl scheduled a status hearing over Zoom for March 1 at 10 a.m.
St. Clair County Circuit Court case number 21-L-819