Starbucks Not Responsible for Kid’s Injury, Finger Amputation

Starbucks Corporation isn’t responsible for a boy’s injury at one of it’s stores that required amputation of a finger, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held Feb. 2.

Any duty of care the store owed to the boy was eliminated by his parents’ presence with him in the Chicago store, Judge Ilana D. Rovner wrote for the court said.

The case is a reminder that parents bear the responsibility of watching for potential hazards when they’re out with their children.

Marcus Roh and his brother, Alexander, 5, were allegedly monkeying around on metal stanchions while their parents ...