When you buy a hot drink from a café, do you ever worry about spilling it on yourself? After all, it’s a hot liquid, but people have coffee and tea-related mishaps all the time in movies and real life, and most seem to come away without serious injuries, right?
Well, Michael Garcia was an unlucky fellow who had a first-hand experience with being burned by a drink that was far too hot. This wasn’t your simple scalding either, but was described as a “permanent and life-changing disfigurement” by his lawyer. Now, although it took time, a jury finally admitted that Starbucks was at fault for the accident.
