A police officer who fell outside a fruit market agreed to a mediated settlement of $550,000 to settle her injury claims.

On Oct. 24, 2020, plaintiff Carolina De La Uz, 54, a police officer, was enforcing COVID-19 protocols at Frank’s Fresh Fruit Mini Market on Southwest Eighth Street, in Miami. As she walked out of the store and toward her car, she slipped and fell in the parking lot. De La Uz claimed knee and hand injuries.