Florida Circuit Court Complaint Filed Against Dolgencorp After Aisle Incident in Jacksonvill

A Florida Circuit Court complaint naming Dolgencorp, LLC was filed in Duval County late February 2026 under the caption Kenneth Hackney v. Dolgencorp, LLC, according to the filing text. The document alleges the plaintiff was injured at a location recorded only as "Jacksonvill" - the source text is truncated at that word and does not supply a full store address or the complete place name.

The Hackney filing, dated late February 2026 (Feb. 27, 2026 in contemporaneous case notes), contains no plaintiff counsel, docket number, or damages detail in the excerpt provided. Those omissions leave the store location, incident date, alleged causes, and the specific injuries sought unverified until the full complaint and civil cover sheet are obtained from the Duval County clerk.

The new Duval County filing comes amid a string of slip-and-fall and premises-liability suits linked to Dolgencorp in Florida. One active case in Marion County is Maranda Taylor v. Dolgencorp, LLC, docket number 25CA001794AX, filed August 11, 2025 in Florida Circuit Court, Marion County. The Taylor docket lists Thomas Evan Shea as plaintiff counsel and classifies the case as "circuit civil - other negligence premises liab comm." The docket summary states: "Personal injury: Suit alleges that store operator negligently maintained premises by failing to address dangerous floor conditions, leading to a slip-and-fall incident causing bodily injury, disability, disfigurement and significant economic damages."

An Ovadia Law Group blog item and companion summary of Marion County filings identifies multiple complaints in that county and reports that attorneys from Orlando-based Morgan & Morgan filed a suit on behalf of a plaintiff identified as "MT" on August 11 in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County. The blog also describes a separate incident involving a plaintiff identified as "L" who alleged visiting the Dollar General at 4885 W Highway 326 in Ocala on March 13, 2025 and that while "shopping for lemons," L "suddenly and without warning tripped and fell" because a step stool had been left "in the middle of the aisle" behind him. The blog states the plaintiffs in four Marion County cases are seeking in excess of $50,000 each.

A 2005 court record excerpt on FindLaw recounts an earlier Taylor matter in which plaintiffs Taylor and Rena Cave sued Dolgencorp and store manager Linda Bailey on March 3, 2005. That complaint alleged Dolgencorp and Bailey had "negligently and/or wantonly failed to maintain the premises of the store in a safe condition." Defendants in the 2005 matter pleaded affirmative defenses including that cases of merchandise in the aisle were an "open and obvious condition." Deposition testimony quoted in the 2005 record includes Taylor saying the store "the place was cluttered" and "[y]ou couldn't help but know it," and asking a cashier, "[H]ow come y'all had all these boxes and stuff down here?" Taylor's 2005 filings also allege employees had asked district management for help with an overcrowded stockroom since 1999 and that another customer fell in October 2001.

The filings and blog summaries show recurring factual themes against Dolgencorp in Florida: allegations of cluttered aisles, unsecured items or step stools in shopping aisles, and claims of bodily injury, disability and disfigurement. They also reveal a roster of counsel and reporting discrepancies that require confirmation: the Marion County docket for 25CA001794AX lists Thomas Evan Shea as counsel while a secondary blog credits Morgan & Morgan for an August 11 filing on behalf of "MT." Journalists and litigants should obtain the full Duval County complaint in Kenneth Hackney v. Dolgencorp, LLC, pull the Marion County docket 25CA001794AX to verify counsel and plaintiff identity, and review the 2005 Taylor and Cave opinion and filings to reconcile repeated allegations and defenses. Contacting Dolgencorp for response and securing the full court records will be necessary to confirm store locations, incident dates, and damages sought.