A Manhattan woman has failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court that Starbucks Corp should be held liable for severe burns she suffered after spilling tea served in a double cup.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Tuesday a lower court’s dismissal of a $3 million lawsuit brought by Rachel Moltner against the world’s largest coffee chain.
Moltner was 76 in February 2008 when she burned herself at a Starbucks coffee shop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
She spilled tea onto her left leg and foot when she tried to remove the lid from a “venti“-sized cup of tea, causing burns that required a skin graft.