Delivery driver said he was disfigured when improperly secured drink spilled after he picked it up at a drive-through

Summary

A California jury awarded Michael Garcia $50 million after he suffered severe burns from a spilled Starbucks hot tea, requiring skin grafts and causing permanent disfigurement.

Garcia’s lawsuit alleged a Starbucks employee failed to secure the drink in a tray, leading to the spill. Starbucks offered a $30 million settlement with confidentiality, which Garcia rejected.

The company plans to appeal, calling the damages excessive.

The case echoes past lawsuits over hot beverage burns, including the famous McDonald’s coffee case from the 1990s.

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
    72·
    12 hours ago

    Black tea needs to be brewed pretty close to boiling, and even green tea is brewed at 185, the same temp as the McDonald’s coffee incident

    What the f- oh, American units

    I was wondering what the heck kind of green tea needed that kind of treatment, lol

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
      53·
      9 hours ago

      You can’t physically get water to go over 100c in atmosphere without it being pressurized. What impossible feats where you thinking was going on when you saw the 185?