Friday, September 15, 2006

Starbucks Hit by Two Lawsuits: $114 million free drink coupon, discrimination

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX)was hit with two lawsuits. The first was over a voucher for free iced coffee that a woman tried to use in one of the Starbucks stores. Her voucher was rejected, so she sued for $114 million.

http://www.drinks-business-review.
com/article_news.asp?guid=12FCB4F6
-052D-4A73-8F88-9A3787C18F05

In the second matter, the EEOC accused Starbucks of discriminating against a woman with psychiatric problems.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.
php?StoryID=20060916-124907-8189r

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