Jury Declares Starbucks Not Liable For Raleigh Officer's Burns

  • 9 years ago
A jury has decided that Starbucks should be held liable for the coffee burns and subsequent troubles suffered by a Raleigh, North Carolina police officer.

A jury has weighed in on whether or not Starbucks should be held liable for the coffee burns and subsequent troubles suffered by a Raleigh, North Carolina police officer. 

They decided 10-2 that the chain is not responsible and therefore not required to pay the 750,000 dollars being sought by the plaintiff. 

The incident under review occurred in January of 2012. 

A group of police officers were given free cups of coffee by an area Starbucks, but Lieutenant Matthew Kohr said that the lid on his popped of