BOCA RATON, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2025) — A Hillsborough County woman has filed a negligence lawsuit against Boca Plaza By Lowkl, alleging she was injured after slipping on rainwater inside her hotel room at the Boca Raton property.
The complaint was filed on November 21, 2025, in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County. The case is docketed as Case No. 502025CA012220XXXXMB, Division AI.
The suit, Briggs v. Boca Plaza By Lowkl, was brought by Vileana Briggs, who states she rented a room at the hotel located at 2901 N Federal Hwy, Boca Raton, FL 33431, on July 14, 2025. According to the filing, Briggs was lawfully inside her room when rainwater entered through what she alleges was an inadequately sealed entrance door. She claims the water accumulated on the floor, causing her to slip and fall.
Briggs, described in the complaint as a Hillsborough County resident, alleges the hotel owner — identified as Boca Plaza By Lowkl, a Florida limited liability company — owned, controlled, operated, and maintained the property at all relevant times. The complaint asserts the company failed to maintain proper weather stripping, door seals, or other protective barriers meant to keep rainwater from entering the room during a period of rainfall on the same date.
In the negligence count, Briggs states the hotel owed several duties to its guests, including maintaining the premises in a reasonably safe condition, using ordinary care to prevent dangerous conditions, and correcting or warning of hazards it knew or should have known about. She alleges those duties were breached in multiple ways, such as failing to maintain door seals, allowing rainwater intrusion, not inspecting for hazards, not repairing defective conditions related to the door, and failing to warn her of accumulated water.
As a result of the fall, Briggs claims she suffered bodily injuries that led to pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, medical expenses, lost earnings, and diminished earning capacity. The complaint states that some or all of the injuries are permanent or continuing in nature and may involve significant loss of bodily function or permanent scarring. She is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, exclusive of interest and costs.
The lawsuit was filed by Joseph P. Uccello of Mickey Keenan, P.A., a Tampa-based law firm. The filing includes a demand for a jury trial on all triable issues.
The original document, as filed with the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court, can be viewed here.
What “premises liability” usually means in court filings is explained here.
