(scalding = poparzenie wodą)

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Local News

Posted: Wednesday, 16 August 2006 7:29AM

Manhattan Attorney Wins Coffee Spill Lawsuit

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 Tuesday by State Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane
Goodman.

The attorney, Alice Grifffin, 42, said she bought a large decaf on Feb.
10, 2004 from a Starbucks on Seventh Avenue. She said 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 said it regrets her pain, but it says the company will appeal
the jury verdict if a better settlement can't be reached.

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