Legal Opinion
Chaney v. Starbucks Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 23, 2015No. 14 Civ. 7013(PAE)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge:
On August 9j 2013, plaintiff John Chaney went to a- Starbucks café in the Bronx for lunch.' Upon entry, he saw that a customer in the seating area had plugged a white electrical charger into an outlet. After buying lunch, Chaney sat down near that patron. When Chaney rose from his chair 20 minutes later, he stepped on the charger, causing him to fall and injure *383himself. Six months later, Chaney brought this negligence action against defendant Starbucks Corporation (“Starbucks”), claiming that Starbucks had failed to safely maintain the seating…
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