Posts Tagged 'coffee'

Dunkin’ Employees Allegedly Mocked Woman Scalded by Burning Hot Coffee

Massachusetts Dunkin' sued after employees mocked woman burned by hot coffeeAccording to a lawsuit filed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, employees of the Dunkin’ located at 43 Torrey Street in Brockton laughed at and mocked a woman as she was forced to tear off her leggings in the parking lot after being burned by the contents of three cups of coffee.

The plaintiff was in the passenger seat of her sister’s vehicle when the pair ...

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Starbucks Sued by Texas Woman Over Burn Injuries

starbucks sued over faulty coffee lidIt’s bad enough to get the wrong order when you swing through a drive-thru but in the case of Texas resident Mary Simms, the incorrect coffee order also left her with first- and second-degree burns.

After being handed the incorrect beverage at a Tomball, Texas Starbucks location, the employee then stopped Simms as she started to drive away and told her that she’d been given the wrong order. ...

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Lawyer Sanctioned After Coffee-Flinging Incident

Words were exchanged. Tempers flared. And, in the end, a perfectly good cup of iced coffee was sacrificed in an act of senseless violence.

Had cooler heads prevailed on that warm Boston summer morning, life could have carried on as normal. The coffee, iced with a bit of sweat forming on the outside of the cup, would have been consumed and enjoyed the way the roasters had hoped while crafting the beverage. Little did it know, as it sat on the ...

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Starbucks Recalls 28,000 Coffee Presses

On January 28, 2014, Starbucks issued a voluntary recall for approximately 28,000 Bodum glass coffee presses manufactured in Portugal, due to the danger associated with them. These presses were sold nationwide at Starbucks locations and at Starbucks.com between November 2013 and December 2013 for $40.

Starbucks is known worldwide for its coffee and exclusive coffee accessories, selling approximately 3.9 billion cups of coffee each year. Those numbers continue to rise. Currently, Starbucks is adding two new stores to its conglomerate ...

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