Starbucks Defeats New York Woman’s Tea Burn Lawsuit

November 3, 2010

  • November 3, 2010 at 7:00 am
    Insurance Geek says:
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    Cassandra, point is – people clog up our legal system with stupid lawsuits so they can get rich quick – enough already – be responsible for yourself…

  • November 3, 2010 at 1:35 am
    Ins Grl NY says:
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    I will preface this with the knowledge that we should all be very careful when purchasing and drinking any hot liquid. That being said, Why is the tea so hot that it can cause a burn so severe you need a skin graft? I purchased tea at an airport a few months back and they double cupped it and warned me that it was hot. No kidding either because it was burning my hand through both cups. I don’t really understand the need for this kind of heat.

  • November 3, 2010 at 1:36 am
    Belinda says:
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    It’s about time the door got slammed on the people who injure themselves with everyday products. The reality is that a woman 76 years old doesn’t have much strength in her arthritic hands, and is probable not too coordinated either. I doubt this was the firs time this wealthy old pus bag from the “upper east side” purchased tea from Starbucks. The judge & jury got this one right.

  • November 3, 2010 at 1:39 am
    Regis says:
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    Answer. Ever see the skin on a 76 year old woman? It thin and dry and crack/tears/burns easily. Retailers have to find a middle ground on beverage temperature. Not hot enought…people _itch. Too hot….people _itch. Coffe and tea are HOT beverages.

  • November 3, 2010 at 1:42 am
    caffiend says:
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    Tea doesn’t steep well at all if you use lukewarm water. Truely hot water (read boiling) is required to pull all the flavor and color out of the tea. Same goes with coffee. If you pay attention next time that you brew a cup of coffee you’ll notice how HOT the water is while it’s brewing.

    Alternately, next time you want a cup of tea or coffee just use hot water from the tap to brew it, and let me know how it goes.

  • November 3, 2010 at 1:45 am
    Ins Grl NY says:
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    I actually use hot water from the tap often because if I feel like drinking a cup of tea, I don’t really want to wait hours for it to cool off enough to drink it. Please don’t anyone get me wrong. I believe the correct decision was made here.

  • November 3, 2010 at 1:48 am
    JP says:
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    I just got a terrible headache from eating my ice cream too fast. Can I sue? They should have told me not to eat it too fast. I’ve got pain and suffering here!

  • November 3, 2010 at 2:01 am
    m & m says:
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    Did you know you can now buy tea bags that steep in cold water? They work just fine.
    That having been said, good for the courts.
    Since when do we have to warn anyone over the age of 2 years that liquid in a cup could possible spill and burn them….

  • November 3, 2010 at 2:09 am
    Cassandra says:
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    The article notes that aside from the iniitial burn from the hot tea, the lady was hospitalized and then suffered bedsores and a herniated dics from a fall from te hospital bed.

    I assume that the lawsuit expected Starbucks to also pay for those two additional injuries. WHY? Isn’t this carrying the “proximate” cause a little far? Shouldn’t the hospital have some if not all responsibility certainly for the bedsores as well as the fall?

    I am asking a serious question here…why does the initial injury become responsible for all that ocmes after?

    Please enlighten me…I am very interested in the answer.

  • November 3, 2010 at 2:09 am
    Dennis says:
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    “wealthy old pus bag …..” LMAO



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