• March 28, 2024

Woman Sues Starbucks for 5M…You’ll Never Guess Why

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A woman is suing Starbucks, claiming that by placing ice in their cold caffeine drinks, it displaces some of the drink and therefore the customer the customer gets less than they are paying for.  She estimates that with the ice, customers only receive a little over half of the advertised quantity of product, and thus Starbucks is committing fraud.  The same way every fast food joint in America commits fraud every time they serve a soda with ice.

I couldn’t help thinking about the woman who sued McDonald’s because their coffee was hot.  Goldilocks tried the first coffee and it was too hot.  She tried the second cup of coffee and it was too cold.  Then she tried the third coffee and it was just right.  Unfortunately that was coffee purchased three days before and never drunk.  The milk had curdled and killed her.  I’m seeing Drew Barrymore in the lead.

Lead plaintiff Stacy Pincus has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit .  She wants to represent every patron who has ever purchased an iced coffee drink from Starbucks.  When you think about it, it’s really funny, when you consider how politically correct the CEO and Starbucks is.  Of course Starbucks isn’t laughing.  They will try to have the suit dismissed and that might work depending on the judge.  However, if the suit is allowed to move further through the court system, they will be forced to settle, rather than fight it out in court.

Pincus also notes that Starbucks charges more for cold drinks that hot drinks and therefore make windfall profits on the cold drinks.  She says that Starbucks needs to serve their ice drinks in bigger cups to offset the ice.

The law firm of Hart, McLaughlin & Eldridge in Chicago handling the case.

 

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