Overview
- A Virginia woman, Tracy J. Renshaw, says she slipped on a substance that appeared to be mashed potatoes and fell face-first at an Outback in Sterling, Virginia, an incident she says occurred on May 14, 2023.
- Renshaw filed a negligence suit seeking $1.5 million that was first lodged in Loudoun County in May 2025 and transferred to federal court on May 27, 2026.
- Her complaint alleges the chain allowed a slippery foreign substance to remain on the floor, did not post a warning, and that the fall caused lasting pain, lost work ability, and ongoing medical costs.
- Outback Steakhouse denies the claims, telling reporters it had no notice of a hazardous condition and disputing how severe Renshaw’s injuries are.
- The case will likely turn on evidence about how long the spill sat on the floor and what staff knew or should have known, and it arrives against a backdrop of past, separate customer-injury suits involving Outback locations.