Subscribe- Plaintiff
- Garcia, Michael
- Defense
- Starbucks
- Represented By:
- Pelletier, Stephen (Price Pelletier, LLP)
Summary
A California state court jury found Starbucks liable on Wednesday for severe burns a Postmates driver suffered while picking up a drive-through order, and the full trial was webcast gavel-to-gavel by Courtroom View Network.
The jury found Starbucks entirely responsible for plaintiff Michael Garcias injuries, assigning him no liability in the first phase of the bifurcated trial after 40 minutes of deliberation and setting up a second phase to determine damage next week.
Outcome
Plaintiff verdict
$50,000,000
- Plaintiff
- Defense
- Verdict
- $50,000,000
- Judge
- Frederick Shaller
- Jurisdiction
- Superior Court of California, Los Angeles
- Court
- Spring Street Courthouse
- Case Number
- 20STCV10214
- Industry
- Food
- Practice Area
- Negligence
- Expert Witnesses
- Lay Witnesses
Live Sessions
On Demand
Sessions are uploaded each evening and are available on demand the next morning
| Description | Start Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9m 19s | Michael Garcia v. Starbucks Corp. 03/14/2025 PM (PHASE 2) VERDICT | 10:35 AM PDT |
| Description | Start Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1h 29m 47s | Michael Garcia v. Starbucks Corp. 03/13/2025 PM (PHASE 2) CLOSINGS | 01:28 PM PDT | |
| 2h 31m 20s | Michael Garcia v. Starbucks Corp. 03/13/2025 AM (PHASE 2) CLOSINGS | 08:57 AM PDT |
| Description | Start Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1h 10m 43s | Michael Garcia v. Starbucks Corp. 03/12/2025 AM (PHASE 2) | 08:55 AM PDT |
| Description | Start Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2h 39m 57s | Michael Garcia v. Starbucks Corp. 03/11/2025 AM (PHASE 2) | 08:42 AM PDT |
Sessions
AM Session
Openings
6 Chapters
PM Session
Plaintiff Witness(es)
17 Chapters
AM Session
Defense Witness(es)
6 Chapters
PM Session
Other
2 Chapters
AM Session
Closings
8 Chapters
PM Session
Verdict
4 Chapters
AM Session
Openings - Damages
8 Chapters
PM Session
Plaintiff Witness(es) - Damages
7 Chapters