A Raleigh police officer who was given a free cup of coffee by Starbucks is now suing the company after he spilled it and got burned.
In the lawsuit, Matthew Kohr, a lieutenant with RPD, said the lid popped off the cup of coffee he ordered at the Starbucks on Peace Street in January 2012 and the cup collapsed.
Kohr claims the incident caused such severe stress it activated his Crohn's disease which resulted in surgery to remove part of his intestine.
Kohr was joined by his wife in court Monday. She is also a plaintiff in the lawsuit - claiming loss of her intimate partner.
Kohr initially sued the maker of the coffee cup too, but the only defendant left in the case is Starbucks.
People buying coffee at the same Starbucks Monday said they were surprised by the lawsuit.
Absolute ********. People are always trying to sue [the place that I work at] too over similar stupid reasons. (Such as wet floor when we are a ****ing WATERPARK with CAUTION signs all over the place.)
The original McDonald's case was actually legit, but this is BS now, especially since all cups now have the "CAUTION: May be extremely hot/cause burns" sign on them.
Disgusting. He makes great money and has benefits, and he has the nerve to sue them over a free cup of coffee he spilt on himself that he most likely would've bought for himself if it wasn't given to him... Truly an idiot.
They gave this officer a free coffee and he spilled it. His fault.
