Title: The (Many) Reasons People Have Sued Starbucks
Headings: The (Many) Reasons People Have Sued Starbucks
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The (Many) Reasons People Have Sued Starbucks
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Discrimination
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Hidden Camera in the Bathroom
Crushed Penis
Assault on the Job
'Insatiable and Unchecked Ambition'
Stealing Artwork
Slick Floors
Sexual Harassment
Rape
Patent Infringement
Reneging on a Distribution Deal
Unpaid Overtime
Serving Heroin in Lattes and Racial Slurs
Serving Coffee With Cleaning Solution
Coffee Too Hot

Content: A year earlier, in 2014, a Manhattan woman sued the chain for pretty much the exact same reason. Another woman sued after claiming corporate deleted security video footage of her being sexually harassed after she complained about it. Yet another claimed her boss groped her, kissed her neck and asked her to call him "daddy." The list, sadly, goes on. Rape
In 2010, Kati Moore of Orange County, California, sued Starbucks for a sexual relationship she had with her supervisor while working there as a 16-year-old. According to Moore, who told her story on ABC's 20/20, her 24-year-old boss, Tim Horton, demanded sex while the two worked at a Starbucks franchise in Irvine, California. Starbucks ultimately settled with Moore before the case could go to trial. Patent Infringement
In 2012, Maxim Integrated Products Inc. sued Starbucks for infringing on four of their patents related to transferring information securely, which Starbucks had allegedly lifted for its mobile payment app. Patent law and the motivations behind patent lawsuits can be pretty murky, but it's something large corporations trying to use technology to keep up with the competition deal with on a regular basis. Reneging on a Distribution Deal
In the late '90s, Starbucks and Kraft struck a distribution deal wherein Kraft would make sure Starbucks products found their way onto the shelves of other retailers.