Cop Suing Starbucks Says He Didn't Think the Coffee 'Was That Hot'

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The North Carolina police lieutenant, who is suing Starbucks after burning himself when his free cup of coffee spilled, took the stand for the second time today saying that he wasn't prepared for how hot the beverage was.

"I didn't know it was that hot," Matthew Kohr said during his cross examination in a Raleigh court today.

Kohr and his wife are suing the coffee giant for $750,000 to cover legal and medical expenses as well as the damages they both suffered -- from his burns that he claims caused a flare up in his pre-existing Crohn's disease and caused him to have intestinal surgery, and for the emotional distress that his wife went through in the loss of her "intimate partner," as described in the lawsuit. The suit states that the lid popped up and the cup folded in on itself, spilling the hot coffee on Kohr's thigh and groin area.
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Kohr discussed the process by which he and his wife Melanie went through to decide on the amount that they decided to ask Starbucks for, noting that initially they had talked about asking for $10 million.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/cop-suing-starbucks-coffee-hot/story?id=30848026

[still_one]

1. Which part of HOT coffee doesn't he understand?

[uppityperson]

2. Poor guy. I am curious as to how much his insurance covered, and if he got paid time off

work to deal with it. These wonderings are not meant to imply culpability of any of the parties, just wondering.

[leftofcool]

3. Is this anything like "I thought that gun was my Taser"

[Xipe Totec]

4. ...

[Daemonaquila]

5. Cop privilege at work.

Reasonable medical bills if he actually got some severe burns? Maybe, but I doubt he can show that they did anything wrong. Asking for $10 million or even $750k? That's straight-up asshattery born of privilege. Hey, figure that hot coffee is hot, and if you're too dumb for that, read the warning on the damned cup.