11th Circuit Affirms Rulings For Starbucks In Suit Over Spilled Hot Coffee

Mealey's (September 25, 2018, 10:52 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A couple who sued Starbucks when the wife spilled a cup of hot coffee on her legs after the lid began leaking presented insufficient arguments to reverse rulings on the coffee chain’s deposition testimony and affirmative defenses or the lower court’s jury instructions, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Sept. 19 (Bettye Erchul v. Starbucks Corp., No. 17-14068, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 266)....