North Carolina Officer Loses Coffee Burn Lawsuit

A Wake County, N.C., jury ruled Monday that Starbucks was not negligent in a case in which a Raleigh police officer was severely burned when hot coffee spilled in his lap.

Lt. Matt Kohr had sought damages of up to $750,000 from the coffee company, in a case that has been watched worldwide.

But the jury decided 10-2 that Starbucks owed nothing to Kohr, the Charlotte Observer reports.