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 ||||| 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. ||||| 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 ||||| HURRICANE, Utah (AP) — The small southern Utah town of Hurricane might become a little quieter after a statue of a copper bull lost its most prominent private feature this weekend. 
 
 The sculpture holds a high perch above the sign for Barista's restaurant, and owner Stephen Ward said he woke up Friday and decided the bull would look better without the oversized genitalia that caused uproar among the neighbors. 
 
 Hurricane residents disturbed by the noticeable, cone-shaped feature had asked the city council to revoke Barista's business license. 
 
 Ward told the Spectrum newspaper in St. George (http://bit.ly/1Dgosne ) Saturday that he made it clear to city officials before he altered the statue that he wasn't bowing to community pressure. 
 
 "I told them I am not removing the penis for you or because of your complaints. I don't like you. I'm doing it for me," Ward told. "I just decided it would look better without the weenie. And oh my God! It's beautiful." 
 
 Even before the battle over the bull, tensions had been running high between Ward and the local community just north of the Arizona border. 
 
 Customers have said the food is too expensive, alleged that Ward is hostile and has poor business practices. He says his offerings are the best in the region and hasn't hesitated to push back. 
 
 The dispute got physical on March 14, when an altercation erupted between a Barista's employee and a patron. The patron was cited for a number of misdemeanors, including assault, according to the Hurricane City Police Department. Ward, however, said the incident wasn't handled appropriately and is upset that the patron wasn't arrested. 
 
 The copper bull's outsized genitalia reinvigorated the fight. After a steady stream of complaints, city officials were evaluating whether there were grounds to force the removal or modification of the bull. 
 
 City Manager Clark Fawcett said the sign was approved by the planning department and Ward went through the proper channels, but: "the dimensions of certain parts of the animal don't seem to be built the same way as in the plan that came to us." 
 
 Ward acknowledged Saturday that he did feel like something was a bit off after he installed the bull. 
 
 "It didn't even look (right), it was in the shape of a cone — but I don't know what a weenie on a bull is supposed to look like," Ward said. 
 
 He said he didn't put it up to make anyone angry on purpose, but the conflict hasn't hurt his business. 
 
 "I put it up because it's an amazing piece, and I bought it as-is," he said, "but I am having fun with all the attention and it's brought in more customers." 
 
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 Information from: The Spectrum, http://www.thespectrum.com
– 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.