Woman sues Parker City, local business over January fall on icy sidewalk

Douglas Walker, Muncie Star Press
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PARKER CITY, Ind. — A woman has filed suit against the town of Parker City and a local tavern over her fall on icy pavement.

In her Randolph Circuit Court suit, Karla Smith says she was injured Jan. 2 when she slipped "on an accumulation of ice and/or snow" outside the Parker City Saloon, 104 S. Main St.

In a tort claim filed in February, Smith said she suffered a fractured right kneecap in the fall.

In that document, she sought $700,000 "or the maximum recovery available under the laws of the state of Indiana."

Defendants in the lawsuit include the business, its corporate owners and Parker City town government.

The suit — filed by the Stewart & Stewart law firm of Carmel — says the defendants had "a duty" to warn Smith of hazards caused by the snow and ice.

In other recent lawsuits:

• Muncie resident Richard Watkins sued Pay Less Super Markets and its corporate owner, Kroger.

In the Delaware Circuit Court 5 suit, Watkins says he was in the Pay Less store at 1500 W. McGalliard Road on Jan. 22, "carefully operating a store-provided electric cart."

He said after an employee loaded cases of bottled water Watkins wished to buy onto the cart, it became "unbalanced and tipped."

Waltkins fell to the floor, resulting in injury, the suit alleges.

• The sons of a late Muncie woman have filed a Delaware Circuit Court 3 lawsuit on behalf of her estate,

In that suit — filed by Indianapolis attorney R.T. Green — Rick Markley and Marc Baker allege their mother, Patricia Markley, was injured when she "tripped on the bunched-up portion of the floor mat" at the ALDI store at 3221 S. Macedonia Ave.

Her fall took place on Nov. 28, 2020.

According to her obituary, the 75-year-old Markley died — as a result of an illness — on May 9.

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Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.

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