COCONUT CREEK — A Coconut Creek condominium association and the company the complaint identifies as its property manager are facing a negligence lawsuit in Broward County after a woman alleged she slipped on water pooled on a common walkway, according to a complaint filed in circuit court.

 

Cassandra Mayes filed the lawsuit on September 16, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County. Court records list the case as Cassandra Mayes v. Karanda Village III Condominium Association, Inc., et al., Case No. CACE-26-015107, assigned to Division 25 and to Circuit Judge Shari Africk Olefson at the Central Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. The clerk's docket categorizes the matter as a residential premises liability negligence case and lists the status as active. Mayes is represented by Englander Peebles, a Fort Lauderdale firm. Attorney Shane S. Sahadeo, Florida Bar No. 1039310, signed the complaint and is listed on the docket as lead counsel. The complaint names two defendants. It identifies Karanda Village III Condominium Association, Inc. as a Broward County corporation that owned, maintained, managed or controlled the property in the 3800 block of Cocoplum Circle in Coconut Creek, including its common areas, walkways and sprinkler or irrigation systems. It identifies M&M Property Management LLC as a Broward County limited liability company that managed, operated, maintained, inspected or supervised the same property and systems.

The lawsuit concerns a common-area walkway at the Karanda Village III condominium community on Cocoplum Circle in Coconut Creek.

 

According to the complaint, the fall happened on or about March 14, 2025. The lawsuit alleges Mayes was lawfully on the property and exercising due care for her own safety when she slipped and fell because of water that had accumulated on a common-area walkway in connection with the sprinkler or irrigation system.

 

The complaint brings two counts, one against each defendant. Count I alleges negligence by the condominium association and Count II alleges negligence by the property management company. Both rest on the core theory in premises liability cases, that a party controlling a property owes visitors a duty to keep it reasonably safe and to warn about known hazards.

The lawsuit alleges each defendant failed to properly maintain or inspect the walkway, failed to maintain or repair the sprinkler or irrigation system serving that area, failed to correct the standing water, failed to warn about the condition and failed to take reasonable precautions to protect people lawfully on the property. The complaint claims both defendants knew or should have known about the condition and that their alleged negligence caused her injuries.

The filing claims Mayes incurred medical bills and suffered bodily injury, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, hospitalization and nursing care expenses, aggravation of any preexisting injuries, lost wages and a reduced ability to earn wages. The complaint describes her losses as permanent and continuing.

The complaint states the action is for damages in excess of $50,000, the threshold for circuit court jurisdiction in Florida. Mayes seeks judgment against each defendant for damages and costs, along with any other relief the court finds appropriate, and both counts demand a trial by jury.

The complaint was filed about 18 months after the date of the fall it describes.

The claims described here are allegations in a civil complaint. They have not been proven in court, and no finding of fault has been made against either defendant. The filing reviewed by Boca Post does not include a response from the defendants, and the docket does not list a defense attorney.

Karanda Village III is one of several Karanda Village condominium sections along Cocoplum Circle in Coconut Creek, a northern Broward County city near the Palm Beach County line. Premises liability claims involving condominium common areas are a regular part of the county's circuit civil docket, though each case turns on its own facts and evidence.

Boca Post reviewed the complaint, Cassandra Mayes v. Karanda Village III Condominium Association, Inc. and M&M Property Management LLC, Case No. CACE-26-015107, filed September 16, 2026 in Broward County Circuit Court.

As of that record, the case is newly filed, a jury trial has been demanded, no defense response appears on the docket and no hearing has been set.