Starbucks not liable for spilled coffee that burned officer, jury says
reporting from RALEIGH, N.C. — Police Sgt. Matthew Kohr got a cup of coffee from his usual barista, Ali, one day in January 2012 at Starbucks Store No. 8373 in the North Carolina capital. The venti-size coffee blend — Kohr says Ali called it “something special” — was hot. It spilled into the …