CLOSE A Mexican restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida is being sued by a woman who fell off of their donkey statue. Matt Hoffman reports. Buzz60 
 
 Buy Photo The negligence lawsuit against El Jalisco after a patron’s fall from its iconic, life-sized donkey statue was put out to pasture Tuesday. (Photo: William Hatfield / Democrat)Buy Photo 
 
 Usually game for after-meal selfies, a donkey statue at a popular Southwood restaurant could be endangered after a woman claimed the statuesque burro unexpectedly injured her. 
 
 Kimberly Bonn said she fell from the sometimes sombrero-wearing statue inside El Jalisco Mexican restaurant and broke her back almost 18 months ago. She is accusing the eatery of negligence. 
 
 In a Friday Leon County Circuit Court filing, Bonn claims that on Aug. 31, 2015, she mounted the life-size donkey statue to have her picture taken when she slipped off the back, fell on the floor and fractured her spine. 
 
 The civil complaint contends the restaurant encouraged customers to climb on the statue, which without a ladder, step or stair to assist and without a saddle on the slick surface created a safety hazard. El Jalisco, the complaint says, was negligent in creating the hazard without adequate safety features or determining the slick surface was dangerous. The complaint was first reported by Florida Politics. 
 
 Bonn is being represented by Morgan & Morgan attorney James G. Biggart. Attempts to reach the restaurant for a comment Tuesday were unsuccessful. 
 
 Meanwhile, others are speaking up for the attraction that is popular with both children and adult patrons. Worried fans created a "For the Donkey" Facebook page as news of the lawsuit galloped through Tallahassee Tuesday. 
 
 "Just because you are an a*s doesn't mean you should be treated like one! Join us in standing up for this poor donkey as he prepares for the fight of his life against a powerful legal entity who is "for the people" The post urges readers to share the page and pictures using #ForTheDonkey. 
 
 There are four El Jalisco restaurants in Tallahassee. 
 
 Contact Karl Etters at ketters@tallahassee.com or on Twitter @KarlEtters. 
 
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 Read or Share this story: http://on.tdo.com/2jYo1Wa ||||| Just because you are an a*s doesn't mean you should be treated like one! Join us in standing up for this poor donkey from El Jalisco Restaurant here in Tallahassee as he prepares for the fight of his life against a powerful legal entity who is "for the people" - Share the page and pictures here using #ForTheDonkey ||||| See more of For The Donkey on Facebook ||||| A Tallahassee woman is suing a Mexican restaurant after she fell off its donkey statue and broke her back, according to a lawsuit. 
 
 Kimberly Bonn‘s complaint, filed last week in Leon County Circuit Civil court, said she was having dinner at El Jalisco Southwood restaurant on Aug. 31, 2015. 
 
 Afterward, she got up on a “life-size statue of a donkey,” upon which the restaurant encouraged patrons to have their photos taken, the suit said. 
 
 But the complaint says the donkey statue had no “ladder, step … or other safety feature,” nor did it have a “saddle or seat.” 
 
 Where Bonn sat “was smooth and slick” and she slipped off. She fell “hard to the floor” and sustained a “fractured spine,” the suit said. 
 
 Bonn, who is represented by James Biggart of the Morgan & Morgan personal injury law firm, seeks damages of more than $15,000. 
 
 The restaurant has not yet responded to the suit, according to court dockets. A manager who answered the phone said there was no comment.
– A woman who climbed atop a life-size donkey statue at a Mexican restaurant in Florida is suing said restaurant after she says she fell and broke her back. Kimberly Bonn says she mounted the donkey for a photo during a visit to El Jalisco Southwood in Tallahassee on Aug. 31, 2015, per the Tallahassee Democrat. This wasn't such an unusual thing to do, according to Bonn, as restaurant workers encouraged customers to sit atop the statue. The issue, she alleges, was that there were no steps to help customers onto the donkey's saddle-less back, which was "smooth and slick." In a negligence lawsuit filed last week in Leon County Circuit Civil court, Bonn says she fell "hard to the floor" from the donkey and fractured her spine, reports Florida Politics. She's seeking more than $15,000 in damages. Meanwhile, a group in support of the restaurant has received hundreds of likes on Facebook. "Just because you are an a-- doesn't mean you should be treated like one! Join us in standing up for this poor donkey from El Jalisco Restaurant here in Tallahassee as he prepares for the fight of his life," a Tuesday post reads.