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Stella May Liebeck was born in Norwich, England, on December 14, 1912.She was 79 at the time of the burn incident. On February 27, 1992, Liebeck ordered a 49-cent cup of coffee from the drive-through window of a McDonald's restaurant at 5001 Gibson Boulevard Southeast in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The restaurant is being sued by a woman in her 80s who suffered "severe burns" following the spill.
Now more trouble is brewing for the company as it faces another lawsuit, alleging that Starbucks is deceptive in its claims of "100% ethical" sourcing of its coffee and tea. The lawsuit, filed ...
Starbucks is being sued by a consumer advocacy group alleging that the global coffee chain falsely and deceptively advertises the “committed to 100% ethically sourced” claim on its coffee and ...
The Spanish Prisoner scam—and its modern variant, the advance-fee scam or "Nigerian letter scam"—involves enlisting the mark to aid in retrieving some stolen money from its hiding place. The victim sometimes believes they can cheat the con artists out of their money, but anyone trying this has already fallen for the essential con by ...
A front window of a Starbucks coffee shop damaged in the 2010 G20 Toronto summit protests A local coffee shop in New York's East Village claiming it had to close because Starbucks is willing to pay higher rent for the space. Starbucks, an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain, is the subject of multiple controversies. Public and ...
Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...
Many doctors will tell you to limit your coffee consumption, an impossible request for some, but this recent story out of Utah might make it easier to say no to your next cup of joe. A Utah woman ...