Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'hotcoffee'
June 21, 2008
In a world where lawsuits against coffee spillers have been filed and settled for considerable sums, you'd have to wonder what the parents of a 4-year-old pre-K student in Brooklyn are thinking, after their son was scalded when a teacher spilled hot coffee on his head. The Post reports little Colin Huston, who attends PS 238 in Gravesend, "lost a patch of hair and was permanently scarred" when a teacher bumped into him earlier this......
Continue Reading "Bad Coffee Spill...Onto 4-Year-Old Student!"June 7, 2008
Two years ago, a jury decided that Starbucks should pay $301,000 to a customer whose feet were scalded with a hot coffee at a Midtown location. However, an Appellate Court reduced the verdict to $75,000--and Alice Griffin and her lawyer are still steaming about Starbucks' behavior. In 2004, Griffin was at a Midtown Starbucks when, as the Post describes it, a barista "pushed the loose-lidded cup toward Griffin"--"instead of simply placing the coffee on the......
Continue Reading "Court Shorts Settlement for Scalded Starbucks Customer"
