Coffee fell on foot, cost Starbucks, $300k

Aug 16, 2006 11:50 am US/Eastern

Spilled Decaf Costs Starbucks A Lot Of Beans
Attorney Wins $310K For Scalding

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK A Manhattan lawyer won $310,000 from Starbucks because of a cup of hot decaf spilled on her foot. The jury's verdict was handed down in April and upheld yesterday by State Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman.

The 42-year-old attorney, Alice Grifffin, says she bought a large decaf on February 10, 2004 from a Starbucks on Seventh Avenue. She says the clerk did not put an insulating sleeve on the cup, and slid the coffee on the counter so it fell on her foot.

Griffin testified the hot coffee scalded her toes leaving her with nerve damage to her foot.

Starbucks says it regrets her pain, but it says the company will appeal the jury verdict if a better settlement can't be reached.

that's a load of crap... that lawyer should not be allowed to served anything in that case, self serve!