BROOKLYN, NY – A federal judge has dismissed a negligence lawsuit brought by a Brooklyn woman who slipped and fell in a BJ’s Wholesale Club, ruling there was no evidence the retailer had advance knowledge of the hazardous condition that allegedly caused her injury.

Tricia McFee filed the suit in early 2021 after she slipped in the water section of the BJ’s store on Remsen Avenue in Brooklyn on August 20, 2020. McFee alleged she slipped on liquid that had pooled near a pallet display of bottled water. She claimed BJ’s failed to maintain a safe shopping environment.

However, in a ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Margo K. Brodie granted BJ’s motion for summary judgment, finding that McFee failed to produce evidence showing that the retailer either created the spill or had notice of

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