Plaintiffs Abindola Giwa and Terry Roland sue McDonald’s over slip-and-fall in Philadelphia

Two Philadelphia residents, Abindola Giwa and Terry Roland, filed a slip-and-fall premises liability lawsuit against McDonalds Corporation and multiple restaurant defendants in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, on March 4, 2026. The complaint, filed under case number 260300649, lists plaintiff counsel Jeffrey M. Rosenbaum and identifies the defendants in the docket summary as "McDonalds Corporation, McDonalds Restaurant + 6."

The Roland filing is characterized in court records as a premises liability, slip-and-fall personal-injury action; the case block enumerates the claims as Personal Injury Claims, Property & Premises Liability Claims, and Slip-and-Fall Negligence. The supplied Roland materials do not include the date of the underlying incident, the specific restaurant address or franchisee names, the precise hazardous condition alleged, or any dollar figure for damages sought.

Procedurally, the Roland case is newly docketed with the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas and, as of the March 4, 2026 filing, contains no public scheduling order, arbitration date, or trial setting in the provided summary. The case number 260300649 is the filed matter identifier listed in the court capture, which also repeats the parties and claims as recorded by the docket system.

The Roland filing joins a series of separate McDonald’s-related slip-and-fall matters previously reported in Philadelphia. A Gilman & Bedigian blog item described a separate plaintiff, Brenda Cleveland, who "visited a McDonald’s restaurant on South Broad Street in Philadelphia" and allegedly "incurred significant injuries after tripping over a curb that was uneven." That post says Cleveland named the McDonald’s Corporation and the property owner and management company as defendants and "seeks damages that exceed $50,000."

Gilman & Bedigian also posted a separate item about a settlement for Richard Solomon, who the firm says was "injured following a slip and fall caused by liquid on the floor of the restaurant." The blog states that the franchise owner, Tanway Enterprises L.P., agreed to a $48,500 settlement, and that payment stalled when the defense requested a "no-pay or demand letter from Medicare," a request the firm said was inapplicable because Solomon was not enrolled in Medicare. The Gilman & Bedigian site captured promotional text that reads, "Our attorneys have earned several of the best jury verdicts for medical malpractice and personal injury cases," alongside accreditation icons including aba, aaj, superlawyers, BBB, AVVO and icoa.

A separate, earlier matter reported by Legalnewsline involved Janice Minor of Brown Mills, N.J., whose complaint named the McDonald’s Restaurant at 4200-32 N. Broad St. and McDonald’s Corp. That report said Minor fell after parking in a handicapped spot on Dec. 2, 2010 and alleged a range of injuries: "Minor suffered injuries including severe aches, pains, mental anxiety and anguish, a severe shock to her nervous system, and other injuries the full extent of which is not yet known. [...] Minor also suffered internal injuries of an unknown nature, the suit says." The Legalnewsline item recorded the case number 110501872, an arbitration hearing set for Jan. 19, 2012, and quoted the relief sought: "For each of the two counts in the lawsuit, Minor is seeking damages jointly and/or severally in a sum not in excess of $50,000, plus court costs, delay damages, pre-and-post judgment interest and attorneys’ fees."

The Roland matter currently lists Jeffrey M. Rosenbaum as plaintiff counsel; the Minor matter named attorneys Joel J. Kofsky and Steven L. Chung. The Roland docket entry, as captured in the case summary, reads in full: "Roland v. McDonald's Restaurant 260300649 court: Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County date filed: March 4, 2026 plaintiffs: Abindola Giwa, Terry Roland defendants: McDonalds Corporation, McDonalds Restaurant + 6 plaintiff counsel: Jeffrey M Rosenbaum case type: premises liability, slip/fall claims: Personal Injury ClaimsProperty & Premises Liability ClaimsSlip-and-Fall Negligence."

With the publicly available Roland filing lacking incident details and damage figures, the next step in the docket will be the appearance of a full complaint or scheduling entry that names specific restaurant locations and the six additional McDonalds Restaurant entities. Journalists and parties will seek a copy of the complaint from plaintiff counsel Jeffrey M. Rosenbaum and comment from McDonalds Corporation to clarify the incident date, alleged hazard, injury descriptions, and the identities of the franchise or property defendants named as "McDonalds Restaurant + 6.