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Los Angeles’s delivery driver won a lawsuit against Starbucks after his command spilled at one of the locations of the company in California left him seriously burned. The Los Angeles jury ruled in his favor on Friday and ordered Starbucks to pay a maximum of $ 50 million to Michael Garcia.
Garcia confirmed that he had suffered a third -degree burn which caused serious injury to his genitals. His lawyer, Nick Rowley, said his client has now suffered pain during intimacy. Starbucks said he sympathized with Garcia, but planned to complain of the jury’s decision.
Starbucks lawsuit in the amount of $ 50 million
The delivery driver is provided with a maximum of $ 50 million in a lawsuit after being seriously burned when Starbucks dried in the lap in California ride, according to court records. It happened at the window of the exhibition park, where postman Michael Garcia was waiting for the order on February 8, 2020.
When the barista handed him a tray full of drinks, one of them overturned. Its noticeable reaction can be observed in security cameras shots from the inner place in West Jefferson Boulevard 1789.
This incident left Garcia with life -changing injuries, such as third -degree burns, nerve damage, as well as permanent injuries to his genitals. Starbucks said that if our hands are out of drink, then we are not responsible for what is happening.
Garcia’s lawyer Nicholas Rowley replied that, so if I was Starbucks and I handed you a drink that had a lid that was insured and it was hot hot even on a 180 -degree drink, or if I deliver a drink that is in the tank and falls on you. At that moment I will take off my hands, then you are responsible, and I, the corporation, did not? “
What actually happened?
February 8, 2020. Garcia picked up three valve-sized drinks from Starbucks, when the barista one of them put in a bracket without a lid without being secured on a cup. When she awarded the holder to Garcia, the lid came down from that cup, then spilled on his wing within a few seconds.
Justice court lawyers have provided constant observations recordings that clearly show evidence of this accident. According to his lawyer, he suffered a permanent and change of life.
Garcia experienced third -degree burns and had to get two skin on the penis, which was permanently colored, as well as twisted after the incident.
The effect of an incident on Garcia’s life
Participant co -founder for justice Nick Rowley stated that Garcia was unable to do sex without pain. Rowley said that one of the most interesting experiences of Garcia’s life was changed to pain. He is no longer the same person. This injury will affect every aspect of his life.
Rowley and Garcia blame the incident at Starbucks, because the barista did not properly repair the lid before the drinks handed over Garcia. On Friday, March 14, 2025, the jury of Los Angeles, considered only 40 minutes before ran into Garcia and commanded Starbucks to give him at least $ 50 million.
Garcian’s response to the settlement amount
Garcia said that he could take the settlement offered in three conditions: that Starbucks apologized, that they change their trade policy and to issue a letter to customers to double check their hot drinks before handing over them and all the things they needed to do anyway. Starbucks rejected these terms, which is why the case went to the trial.
Now Starbucks has been ordered to pay Garcia in the amount of $ 50 million. Rowley said no amount of money can cancel lasting catastrophic pain or the damage Garcia experienced. But the jury command is a very important step in holding Starbucks responsible for the obvious disrespect for customers’ safety and no acceptance of responsibility for this type of incident.
