RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A police officer who got a free cup of Starbucks coffee is suing the company for $50,000 after he spilled it and got burned.
WRAL-TV reports attorneys said in court Monday that Raleigh officer Matthew Kohr should be compensated for burns, blisters and emotional damage caused after the officer spilled the coffee in his lap in 2012.
Kohr says in the lawsuit the lid popped off the coffee he ordered at a Raleigh Starbucks and the cup collapsed. Kohr claims the incident caused such severe stress it activated his Crohn’s disease which resulted in surgery to remove part of his intestine.
An attorney representing Starbucks argued in her opening statement Tuesday that it was Kohr who was negligent and that it was his pre-existing condition the caused his problems.
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Information from: WRAL-TV, http://www.wral.com
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Considering the woman in the infamous McDonald’s coffee cup suit suffered third degree burns over much of her groin because the coffee was scalding hot (much hotter than recommended in the McDonald’s manual), I’d like to see photos of this man’s injuries before the court of public opinion weighs in.
That woman in the McDonald’s incident tried to settle for medical reimbursement with them but she had to sue because they ignored her. She got their attention in a big way after all.
So if the stress of getting scalded activates a disease you have, are you fit for duty as a police officer?
The lesson of the MacDonald’s case is “If you hold your coffee between your thighs, you may get hot for less fun reasons”. I get coffee all the time, and I put it in my cupholder or on the floor. Where is the common sense in all this?
My thoughts, have a stressful job but the coffee caused the outbreak, more like looking for the deepest pockets to fleece, $$$$$$$$$$$ anyone.