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一名弗吉尼亚州女子称自己在澳拜客牛排店被土豆泥滑倒，目前正起诉该连锁餐厅索赔150万美元。
56岁的特雷西·伦肖称，2023年5月在弗吉尼亚州斯特林市的一家门店发生的这起事故导致她遭受了严重且永久性的伤害。她的诉讼最初在劳登县巡回法院提起，上月已移交联邦法院。诉讼声称，该连锁餐厅未能为顾客维持安全的就餐环境，应承担责任。
伦肖称，她当时正前往洗手间，踩到了看起来像是土豆泥的 slippery 物质，随后摔倒并面部重重撞在餐厅坚硬的地板上。
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她声称餐厅未对顾客警示滑倒风险，且洒落的食物在地板上停留过久，为食客创造了“不合理的危险”环境。
诉讼声称，该连锁餐厅“违反了其应尽的注意义务，存在过失，任由一种滑腻的外来物质留在地板上，未在合理时间内清除该外来物质”，且未就洒漏事件向顾客发出警示。
伦肖称，她承受了剧烈疼痛并产生了巨额医疗费用，此次事故相关的伤势削弱了她的工作能力。
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Outback Steakhouse sued for $1.5 million over alleged mashed potato slip-and-fall
June 3, 2026 1:23 PM EDT / CBS News
By Megan Cerullo
Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.
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A Virginia woman who says she slipped and fell on mashed potatoes at an Outback Steakhouse is suing the restaurant chain for $1.5 million.
Tracy Renshaw, 56, alleges she experienced serious and lasting injuries from the incident, which took place at a Sterling, Virginia, location in May 2023. Her lawsuit, which moved to federal court last month after earlier filing in Loudoun County Circuit Court, claims the restaurant chain is at fault because it failed to maintain a safe environment for its customers.
Renshaw alleges she was on her way to use the restroom when she stepped on a slippery substance, which the lawsuit says appeared to be mashed potatoes, causing her to fall and land face-first on the restaurant’s hard floor.
Outback Steakhouse did not immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment.
She claims the restaurant failed to warn customers about the fall hazard and that the spilled food remained on the floor for too long, creating “unreasonably dangerous” conditions for diners.
The chain “breached their duties of care and were negligent in that they allowed a slippery foreign substance to remain on the floor, failed to remove the foreign substance within a reasonable amount of time” and failed to warn customers about the spill, the lawsuit alleges.
Renshaw claims she has experienced significant pain and medical costs, and that injuries related to the accident have reduced her ability to work.
Edited by Aimee Picchi
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