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Southern California, where I live, this is San Diego, quite a bit south of where I live in Los Angeles,

there is a man, this is Chula Vista, actually, the town, is suing Starbucks for negligence, and he was injured.

Now, you think that this was, maybe the coffee was too hot,

it was a slip and fall, there was either coffee or a creamer

or something on the floor or whatever.

No, he went to charge his phone and... on the floor and or whatever. No.

He went to charge his phone and he alleges that the electrical outlet, the plug, malfunctioned and exploded.

And it severely shocked him and left him disabled.

Now, you know, this is 110 volts. I mean, it's a good zap.

I mean, I've had it before, you know, where I've been hit by an electrical, like a short, but yeah,

I think it's a little bit much. The suit reads that the outlet was in a defective and dangerous

condition. Okay, that the defendant Starbucks should have known

or knew about it and didn't repair or warn customers. He said he was shocked by the electrical

current, lost consciousness, suffered a head trauma along with a concussion, and he is suffering

from physical and mental pain in addition to anxiety and embarrassment and

the injuries have left him permanently disabled. Yep, sounds like a personal injury lawsuit to me.

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