According to the release, on Feb. 8, 2020, Garcia was working for Postmates when he entered a Los Angeles Starbucks drive-thru and ordered three venti “medicine balls,” the unofficial name for ...

Kevin Carter/Getty Starbucks has lost a lawsuit to a man who suffered severe burns after a drink spilled in his lap at one of the chain's California drive-thru locations. On Friday, March 14 ...

A Starbucks customer was left with "disfigured" genitals after a scalding hot coffee fell on his lap during a horror incident at a drive-thru. Delivery driver Michael Garcia needed skin grafts and ...

A California man was awarded $50 million in a lawsuit after suffering hot tea burns at a Starbucks drive-thru. The spill caused permanent disfigurement to Michael Garcia’s penis.March 16, 2025 ...

Coffee giant Starbucks has been ordered to pay a California drive-through customer $50 million after an unsecured hot drink spilled on him, causing burns. Michael Garcia underwent skin grafts and ...

Michael Garcia was picking up three medium-sized ‘medicine ball’ hot teas from a Starbucks drive-thru in Los Angeles when one of the drinks spilled on him as the barista handed them over.