Posted on 05/19/2017 9:32:57 AM PDT by SMGFan
Edited on 05/19/2017 10:56:33 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
A woman in Florida who was burned by a cup of Starbucks coffee was awarded more than $100,000 for her injuries on Thursday.
Joanne Mogavero won the suit in Duval County after a jury found the coffee chain negligent for the lid popping off their coffee cup and sending the scalding hot beverage into her lap, court records show.
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I’ve had that happen! Starbucks needs to check in with the quality control people who make the lids!
the woman who sued mcdonalds over same issue suffered really bad burns- needed skin grafts- the3 whole nine yards if i remember right- supposedly coffee shops had to reduce hte temps of the coffeee after that lawsuit- apparently they haven’t done so?
Don’t patronize Starbucks. Problem solved.
Probably the jihadi “refugee” barista was too busy starting a dialogue about race to ensure the correct temp of the coffee.
I make my own coffee, but still, how do these people spill the coffee on themselves, in the car? I personally drink something hot at the table, with a lid on.
Did you read the excerpt? It says the lid popped off. That’s how the coffee spilled on her.
In the car too. Go figure
Make it so there is only a tiny opening in the top of the cup, that way, the lid cannot pop off.
If you buy coffee at a drive through...IMHO you take on some of the responsibility. I’ve spilled all sorts of stuff on myself in a car, that I normally wouldn’t sitting at a table.
Jackie Stiles
My full and saturated paper Starbucks cup with lid collapsed on me while I was driving 3 years ago. No accident or burns, but it could have happened easily. Since then, I have learned that Waffle House has much better black coffee, their cups don’t collapse on me and I never have to wait behind someone who can’t decide if they want cinnamon or brown sugar in their crafted cup of crap.
I think the McD’s coffee was somewhere in the neighborhood of 190 degrees, which is insane when you think about it. You can get 2nd and 3rd degree burns on in just over a second at even 150 degrees (http://www.burnfoundation.org/programs/resource.cfm?c=1&a=3).
I got a mustard stain on my nice T-shirt from my 1/4 pound big bite!
I’m suing 7-11 for my misspent youth!
Coffee is hot....who knew?
LMAO.
How do Waffle House’s prices for coffee compare to Starbuck’s?
Who told you to put the balm on?
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