Starbucks ordered to pay delivery driver $50 million after he suffered life-changing burns from hot tea - A delivery driver has called the win a ‘critical step in holding Starbucks accountable’

A man was awarded $50 million on Friday by a Los Angeles County jury after he was severely burned at a Starbucks drive-through in 2020. The man, identified as Michael Garcia of L.A., was working as a delivery driver on Feb.

Starbucks was ordered to pay Michael Garcia, a delivery driver who was burned by hot tea in a California drive-thru, $50 million, a Los Angeles jury decided on March 14, 2025. The coffeehouse chain plans to appeal the verdict,