{"id":98277,"date":"2025-12-29T02:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/98277\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T02:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:33:11","slug":"florida-man-suffered-serious-bodily-injury-after-toilet-seat-shattered-beneath-him-at-outback-steakhouse-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/98277\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man suffered &#8216;serious bodily injury&#8217; after toilet seat &#8216;shattered&#8217; beneath him at Outback Steakhouse: lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida man filed a lawsuit against Outback Steakhouse alleging that a handicap toilet he used at one of the Sunshine State locations \u201csuddenly shattered and collapsed\u201d while he was using it.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Green claimed that he sustained \u201csevere bodily injury\u201d during an ill-fated trip to the latrine at an Outback Steakhouse restaurant along Southwest College Road in Ocala, Fla., according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>In the hefty lawsuit levied against the Aussie-American staple, Green said that the toilet seat in the handicap stall \u201csuddenly shattered and collapsed\u201d while he was on it. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38041247\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AdobeStock_529275664.jpg\" alt=\"An ADA compliant handicap accessible public restroom.\" class=\"wp-image-38041247\"  \/>A man sued Outback Steakhouse, alleging one of its toilet seats \u201cshattered.\u201d TS \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>The injuries Green asserts he suffered range from \u201csignificant and permanent loss of an important bodily function\u201d to \u201closs of capacity for the enjoyment of life,\u201d court records said.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the restaurant of negligence and failing to ensure the toilet was \u201cproperly secured to the floor.\u201d He also claimed it created \u201can unreasonably dangerous condition to members of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green is seeking $50,000 in damages from the struggling steakhouse.<\/p>\n<p>In early November, Outback Steakhouse <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/06\/business\/outback-steakhouse-abruptly-shutters-21-restaurants-in-sweeping-overhaul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">abruptly closed 21 of its underperforming units<\/a>, but is endeavoring to launch a \u201ccomprehensive turnaround strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38041249\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-535059087.jpg\" alt=\"Outback Steakhouse restaurant with palm trees.\" class=\"wp-image-38041249\"  \/>Michael Green asked for $50,000 in damages. Moment Editorial\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Sunshine State steakhouse\u2019s taxed porcelain throne isn\u2019t the first utility to dredge up unwanted waste.<\/p>\n<p>A fast food diner sued Dunkin\u2019 after he alleged a toilet at a Florida location exploded, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/04\/news\/florida-man-sues-dunkin-donuts-over-traumatic-toilet-explosion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drenching him in \u201chuman feces and urine.\u201d<\/a> The man claimed the \u201ctraumatic\u201d encounter left him with extensive psychological damage that required intensive therapy to remedy.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Clay Aiken, an \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d runner-up, was slapped with a $60,000 lawsuit after his clogged toilet allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/08\/30\/clay-aiken-facing-60k-lawsuit-over-leaky-clogged-toilet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seeped into his downstairs neighbor\u2019s unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida man filed a lawsuit against Outback Steakhouse alleging that a handicap toilet he used at one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51818,42331,28,30,3475,29,833,51819,4278],"class_list":["post-98277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-bathrooms","tag-chain-restaurants","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-man","tag-florida-news","tag-lawsuit","tag-toilets","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}