A California jury Friday imposed a $50 million fine on Starbucks in the case of a delivery driver burned by a scalding cup of hot tea at a company location in Los Angeles.
Michael Garcia was picking up three drinks in 2020 but one, he claimed, was “negligently” unsecured and spilled in his lap. He claimed that he consequently “suffered severe burns, disfigurement, and debilitating nerve damage to his genitals” and he was taken to an emergency room by paramedics.
Kramer was ahead of his time!
Kramer Tries To Sue A Coffee CompanyIt’s the McDonald’s thing all over again. Coffee should never be hot enough to require skin grafts if it spills. Doesn’t matter how clumsy the customer is.
Absolutely insane!! WTF is wrong with you USA?
How about he sues himself for being clumsy? This wasn’t due to just the servers mistake.look at the footage. Chrits, 100% Starbucks fuckup
Sorry what footage? I don’t see any, and I read 2 articles about it?
It’s in this comment thread
MORON
HE HAD TO GET SKIN GRAFTS
ON HIS DICK AND BALLS
ON HIS DICK AND BALLS
MULTIPLE SKIN GRAFTS
What is so difficult about this concept for you? If something at my job was so unsafe that it permanently damaged my dick and balls to the point where I had to get skin grafts you bet your brain dead ass I would be suing, and I work in some of the most dangerous construction jobs in the world. This horror story is absolutely stupid levels of fucked up.
We’re so glad to have your nuanced take here. Thanks for stopping by!
Your comment adds nothing, and is just a waste of space.
Finally, someone standing up for the big business to defend them from exploitation and fight for their right to disfigure our penises!
Thank you your honor. We appreciate your hard work!!
Garcia was later treated at the renowned Grossman Burn Center, where he received not one but two skin grafts on his penis. Garcia’s attorney, Trial Lawyers for Justice co-founder Nick Rowley, said Garcia’s penis was permanently discolored and disfigured, with less length and less girth.
Rowley said the key evidence during the trial was the surveillance footage of the incident taken from inside the coffee shop. Rowley said the footage clearly showed the barista secure two of the cups in the caddie but not the third, causing it to spill less than two seconds after Garcia took it into the car.
He didn’t hold 3 drinks, he was handed a drink carrier and one of the drinks was negligently secured. The jury took 40 minutes to determine that Starbucks was at fault, and Starbucks themselves offered $3m and $30m settlements at different points. How much do you think two skin grafts to your genitalia are worth?
i guess it has been 30 years since that lady, time to remember these companies to adjust their water temp sensors
With deregulation coming down hard right now, everyone should expect to hear more about capitalistic corner-cutting injuries. Or not, I’m sure the media will be neutered.
Like the french nuclear attack submarine doing military exercises in Halifax to let the US know they mean business? Shakedown cruise my ass.
I would be shocked if that sub didn’t have a full nuclear payload. Even the officers seem nervous.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/why-french-nuclear-attack-submarine-211000722.html
The hell does that have to do with hot tea at Starbucks
Maybe starbucks can learn from that and invest an extra cent per cup to make safer cups? Or decrease water temperature? And I hope wronged customers everywhere will learn from that not to make shadybsettlements like the McDonalds case!
All drinks to be served cold from now on.
Found the person who bought the PR and thinks the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit was frivolous.
No I was just making a simple joke at someone else’s expense
Delivery drivers are not served!
And served drinks should not be third degree burn hot anyway.
They really should have learned from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants
Third degree burns are NO JOKE, particularly in such a sensitive area. If you google around a little you can see the burns on the leg of Simone Evans, another plaintiff vs. Starbucks in a similar, ongoing case (NSFW!)
Yep, seems like maybe another make an example case?
A bigger example, because clearly they didn’t learn from the first one. With personal consequences for the managers who set the temperature too high.
Optional warm up window is available outside for additional fee
