Starbucks Sued For Too Much Ice In Their Drinks

SeaBreeze said:
I've never bought coffee at Starbucks, bought a bag of their beans once in the market and was unimpressed. I've told places in the past to go light on the ice, and never had a problem with it. People these days are sue crazy, that's for sure....so petty.
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About once a year or so, someone gives me a Starbucks gift card...so I go to Starbucks and buy a hazelnut latte, or maybe an espresso; usually have enough left on the card for a bag of beans.

I honestly think that if I were unhappy with the way my drink was prepared, the manager would gladly consent to giving me a replacement, without the need for legal intervention.
 
Remember that lady who sued Mickey D's because the coffee was too hot? No wonder the US is a laughingstock.
 

fureverywhere said:
Remember that lady who sued Mickey D's because the coffee was too hot? No wonder the US is a laughingstock.
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It's an unbridled legal system and litigious culture that gave rise to those lawsuits. Too much of a "good thing", these lawsuits at least serve to keep otherwise useless barristers out of the welfare lines.
 
So stupid...but then again so was the jury!!.... Wonder how long it took that woman to realize she had 'too much ice'... Coffee friends and I were talking about that today... it's just unbelievable...
 
I'll drink with you, tn. Here, say when --

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fureverywhere said:
Remember that lady who sued Mickey D's because the coffee was too hot? No wonder the US is a laughingstock.
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Yeah -- that infamous case was here in Albuquerque. Evidently she WAS badly burned when that near-boiling coffee spilled, which she was holding between her legs while driving. However, I believe that even if the coffee was too hot, it was her own fault for doing the incredibly stupid thing of transporting hot coffee in that manner, even if the coffee was hotter than it was supposed to be.

That was a jury trial and the jury awarded her some ridiculous award -- the Judge later lowered it, as I recall. Still, is it the case that New Mexico is famous for.....

Personal responsibility -- hello???
 
Don M. said:
Well, we need something to keep our Army of Lawyers well fed...and these frivolous lawsuits help in that regard. Personally, I think anyone who pays $5 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks is a few bricks short of a full load, anyway. A 49 cent Senior coffee at McDonald's is a far better choice for anyone with an ounce of common sense.
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Well, having worked for some of that army of lawyers for a half a century (which, by the way, kept me well fed too) I agree that the whole civil litigation system is out of control. NO personal responsibility anywhere. However, some of the fault falls squarely on the shoulders of legislators who write laws that allow for this kind of litigation and ridiculous damages, and upon the shoulders of juries who award those ridiculous damages.

My opinion has long been that if we had a "loser pays" system, much of this crap would stop. Also, if our legislatures could craft laws that incorporate some common sense and that aren't vague and full of loopholes, it would help, too. Unfortunately, our system resembles legal blackmail, where anybody can sue anybody for ridiculous damages and get something out of it simply because it the absurd suit is too expensive to defend and defendants will pay something just to get the plaintiff to shut up and go away.

And, yes, I'm VERY cynical about this.
 
There is a woman in PA, who sued a big chain of stores for overcharging her two cents on a pack of sausages. The sign on the sausages said 97 cents, she paid 99 cents.She sued them 8 times. Sounds like a stupid waste of court time, right? But it turns out the store routinely overcharged customers all the time. So, the store changed their policy, so it's the price at the register is what you'll be charged, NOT what the sign over the goods says it is. So that's why you have that tiny device at the register, telling you what the price is, as you get quickly scanned.
 
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