BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A Boca Raton synagogue is facing a major lawsuit after a woman visiting the religious facility claims she tripped and fell due to poor upkeep and design. Jan Imperato is suing Shalom Boca Synagogue located at 4449 NW 2nd Avenue. The suit was just filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court.
According to the complaint obtained by BocaNewsNow.com, Imperator was a “guest” of Shalom Boca on February 12, 2023. While the address looks a lot like a house, it apparently housed a religious institution. Imperator claims that she tripped and fell, sustaining serious injuries. She also claims that Shlom Boca failed to:
“…maintain or adequately maintain the floor and walkway of the premises, thus creating a hazardous condition to members of the public utilizing said floor/walkway, including the Plaintiff herein, thus creating an unreasonably dangerous condition for Plaintiff; Negligently failing to inspect or adequately inspect the floor and walkway of the premises, as specified above, to ascertain whether the floor and/or walkway contained any slip or trip hazards that constituted a hazard to pedestrians utilizing said area, including the Plaintiff herein, thus creating an unreasonably dangerous condition to the Plaintiff; Negligently failing to inspect or adequately warn the Plaintiff of the danger of trip and fall hazards in the floor and walkways of the premises, when Defendant knew or through the exercise of reasonable care should have known that said areas were unreasonably dangerous and that Plaintiff was unaware of same; The Defendant failed to utilize reasonable care in the design, planning, inspection and maintenance of said premises, particularly the exit in which Plaintiff’s fall occurred; The aforedescribed dangerous condition was a regular, recurring, and ongoing condition; therefore, Defendant knew, or in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known of the aforedescribed dangerous condition and hazardous condition…”
“As a direct and proximate result of Defendant’s negligence, Plaintiff suffered bodily injury in and about her body and extremities, resulting in severe physical pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing case and treatment, aggravation of pre-existing injuries, if any, and loss of the ability to earn wages. The losses are either permanent or continuing and Plaintiff will suffer the losses in the future.”
The suit seeks in excess of $50,000, the statutory minimum for filing a complaint in Palm Beach County Circuit Court. Imperato is represented by Attorney John Kilpatrick III of Clermont, Florida. An attorney for Shalom Boca had not been added to the case file by the Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts as of Saturday evening.
