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: In 2010, Starbucks decided it was no longer interested, and tried to buy its way out of the contract for $750 million. Kraft didn't feel that was enough, and thus: lawsuit. Three years later, Starbucks agreed to pay Kraft $2.75 billion to end the the contentious relationship once and for all. Unpaid Overtime
After a three-year legal battle, Starbucks settled with 356 workers after they claimed they were forced to work outside of their scheduled hours without being compensated. Damn right. Serving Heroin in Lattes and Racial Slurs
In July 2014, Vernon Charles Allen Merriweather of Buffalo, New York, filed a federal suit for $15 million after claiming an Oprah Chai Tea latte he ordered was spiked with heroin and Ambien. The suit also claimed that when he tried to apply for a job in the same Starbucks he was told, "We don't hire n******." The suit had little chance of succeeding, as Starbucks didn't even offer Oprah Chai Tea lattes until six months after Merriweather claimed he was served the laced beverage. Serving Coffee With Cleaning Solution
A year after Merriweather's bogus coffee-with-heroin lawsuit, Starbucks was sued for serving coffee with cleaning chemicals.