DELRAY BEACH, FL — A Palm Beach County woman has filed a negligence lawsuit against iPic Theaters over an incident at the company’s Delray Beach location, claiming she suffered permanent injuries after an employee allegedly opened a movie theater door with force.
The case, Daria Alessandrello v. IPIC Theaters, LLC, was filed March 18, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, under Case No. 502026CA003095XXXAMB.
According to the complaint, plaintiff Daria Alessandrello is a Palm Beach County resident and defendant IPIC Theaters, LLC, is a foreign corporation doing business in Palm Beach County. The complaint says the company owned, maintained, managed and or controlled property at or near 25 SE 4th Avenue in Delray Beach on the date at issue. The plaintiff is represented by Drazen Mancini, P.A. of Boca Raton. No defense law firm is listed in the complaint.
The lawsuit alleges the incident happened on or about September 20, 2025. According to the complaint, Alessandrello was lawfully on the property and was exercising due care for her own safety when she was injured. The filing claims one of iPic’s employees opened a movie theater door with such force that it caused her what the complaint describes as serious and permanent injury.
The complaint brings a single count of negligence against IPIC Theaters, LLC. As in all civil complaints, the allegations are claims made by the plaintiff and have not been proven in court.
According to the filing, iPic owed a duty of reasonable care to maintain the property in a condition that was reasonably safe for its intended use and free from conditions that would make it dangerous or create an unreasonable risk of harm to lawful visitors. The complaint also claims the company had a duty to warn the plaintiff of dangerous and unsafe conditions.
The lawsuit alleges iPic breached its duty of care in several ways. Among other things, the complaint claims the company failed to properly design, maintain, inspect and examine the property, failed to exercise reasonable care in maintaining it, and failed to warn the plaintiff of the alleged dangerous condition. The filing also alleges the condition was regular, recurring and ongoing, and says the defendant knew or should have known about it through the exercise of reasonable care.
The complaint further alleges that those acts or omissions were the proximate cause of Alessandrello’s injuries. It says she has incurred medical bills and suffered bodily injury, physical pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, hospitalization and medical care expenses, aggravation of preexisting injuries if any, lost wages, and loss of the ability to earn wages. The filing says those losses are permanent and continuing and that she will continue to suffer losses in the future.
Alessandrello is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, along with costs and other relief the court deems appropriate. The complaint also demands a jury trial on all issues triable as a matter of right.
The original complaint, Daria Alessandrello v. IPIC Theaters, LLC, Case No. 502026CA003095XXXAMB, as filed March 18, 2026, with the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court, can be viewed here.
New civil lawsuits are filed across Palm Beach County courts each week. Boca Post reports on those filings in its Boca Raton lawsuits coverage. Many injury lawsuits stem from unsafe property conditions, including slip-and-fall incidents and other hazards. Learn how these claims are typically handled in Palm Beach County courts in our explainer: How Premises Liability Lawsuits Work in Palm Beach County.
