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Background: Flyers Wings and Grill in Orlando, Florida, on Oct. 6, 2025 (Osborne, Francis & Pettis Law Firm/WESH/YouTube). Inset: Dajah Stover (WESH/YouTube).
A woman dining at a wing restaurant in Florida experienced a terrifying ordeal when the roof unexpectedly gave way, causing an air conditioning unit to crash down onto her head, according to allegations in a lawsuit she has filed.
Dajah Stover argues in her lawsuit spanning six pages that Flyers Wings and Grill, located in Orlando, had been aware of the ceiling’s deterioration for years but neglected to address the issue, resulting in a collapse that she claims could have led to even more severe consequences.
On Oct. 6, 2025, she was eating with her 1-year-old daughter at the central Florida establishment. It was about 3:30 p.m., according to a photo she posted on social media and then shared with area NBC affiliate WESH.
In a sudden turn of events, the roof collapsed, bringing down the ceiling and the air conditioning unit directly onto Stover’s head, which the complaint describes as causing substantial injuries. Fortunately, her child escaped unharmed.
“It felt like an earthquake or a sinkhole was happening,” Stover recounted to a local TV station. “Everything just started falling on me. I could see blood gushing from my head.”
Emergency personnel arrived on the scene, observed the “deep cut” on Stover’s head, and transported her to the hospital where staples were used to treat the wound. In her lawsuit, she claims to have endured “pain and mental anguish” and anticipates “continuing to suffer severe pain” permanently due to what she describes as the restaurant’s “negligence and carelessness.”
According to the lawsuit, for roughly two years before that fateful October 2025 day, Flyers Wings and Grill knew it needed to repair or replace its ceiling.
On Oct. 30, 2023, Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) “inspected Defendant’s premises and noted that the ceiling tiles were soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust or mold like substance throughout the establishment which is a violation of the US Food and Drug Administrations’ Food Code.” A photo of the inspection form, which was included in Stover’s complaint, also shows that the investigators found an “[a]ccumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.”
About 10 months later, on Aug. 26, 2024, “a customer was injured when a piece of ceiling fell onto her head,” Stover’s complaint reads, noting that a bodily injury claim was “resolved” by the establishment before a lawsuit. Just about a week after this incident, the DBPR again inspected the premises and “issued another citation regarding ceiling tiles that were soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust or mold like substance.”
The following May, the restaurant was inspected again, with regulators finding “damaged and missing ceiling tiles.” The ice machine still allegedly had the accumulation of “black/green mold-like substance,” but it was “immediately cleaned.”
Then came the Oct. 6, 2025, incident involving Stover. DBPR cited the restaurant “with multiple violations of the US Food and Drug Administrations’ Food Code,” including “a repeat violation of a missing ceiling tile and multiple ceiling tiles and vents were soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or a mold-like substance.”
According to WESH, customers were making complaints about the establishment and demanding inspections all the way back in July 2018. The outlet said its reporter sought to speak with someone from the restaurant about Stover’s lawsuit, but to no avail. The restaurant’s ownership has not commented on the complaint.
Stover is seeking a jury trial and wants damages in excess of $50,000.
Above all, though, she is grateful her daughter was not hurt.
“That was like by the grace of God, you know, that she didn’t get hit,” Stover said.