A court ordered Starbucks to pay $50 million to a California delivery driver who suffered serious burns after a hot tea fell in his lap. A Los Angeles County jury found Starbucks negligent on ...

A Los Angeles County jury has ordered Starbucks to pay $50 million to a customer who suffered severe burns after a botched drive-through handoff caused scalding hot tea to spill onto his lap.

The L.A.-based delivery driver was picking up three Venti-sized “medicine ball” drinks — an off-menu item featuring tea, lemonade and honey — when a Starbucks barista “negligently” put ...

Starbucks will have to fork over $50 million to a man whose genitals were severely burned after a hot tea spilled in his lap at a California drive-through. Delivery driver Michael Garcia underwent ...

A California delivery driver was awarded $50 million in damages after a jury agreed a Starbucks location was negligent in its handling of a scalding hot tea. Michael Garcia sued the cafe chain ...

A lawsuit claimed that a Starbucks barista had “negligently failed” to secure one of three venti-sized Medicine Ball tea drinks before handing the order to Michael Garcia, who was working for ...

While Starbucks has been ordered to pay Mr. Garcia $50 million, it may not be done paying out damages for spilled drinks. In September 2020, another man, Tommy Piluyev, sued the coffee chain for burns ...

A delivery driver who needed skin grafts after being burned when a hot tea from Starbucks spilled into his lap has been awarded $50m (£38.6m) in damages. Michael Garcia suffered third-degree ...

FILE - This is the Starbucks sign on Black Friday shoppers line at a Starbucks kiosk in the Walden Galleria in Buffalo, NY., Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) 34,734 people played ...

Starbucks owes a man $50 million after a cup of tea spilled on his lap at a California drive-through and permanently disfigured his genitals. An employee handed delivery driver Michael Garcia a ...

Garcia’s negligence lawsuit blamed his injuries on Starbucks, saying that an employee did not wedge the scalding-hot tea firmly enough into a takeout tray. “This jury verdict is a critical ...