Ruben Mendez v. Starbucks Corporation, et al.

── Ruben Mendez v. Starbucks Corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 24A-CT-00114 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Felix County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Riley and Judge Kenworthy concur At approximately 7 a.m. on January 24, 2018, Mendez parked in a handicapped parking space in the parking lot at the Starbucks store located in a strip mall at 2381 East 81st Avenue, Hobart, Indiana. As Mendez was shutting his car door, he slipped and fell, landing on his buttocks and elbow. Mendez believed he fell because “the ground was kind of real lightly snow covered . . . and apparently there was ice underneath.” Appellant’s App. Vol. II at 135; Appellant’s App. Vol. III at 88.