LOS ANGELES (AP) — A delivery driver has won $50 million in a lawsuit after being seriously burned when a Starbucks drink spilled in his lap at a California drive-through, court records show.

The coffee giant said it plans to appeal the “excessive verdict” stemming from an incident at a drive-thru in 2020, and insists safety is paramount to the company.

Michael Garcia, the delivery driver, picked up an order from the Starbucks outlet in Los Angeles on February 8, 2020. However, the hot venti drink spilled on his lap after the barista failed to properly secure the container,

A jury has awarded $50 million to a man who alleged his private parts were disfigured by a Starbucks Corp. hot drink that spilled onto him when he was handed the beverage at a drive-thru window in Jefferson Park in 2020.

Michael Garcia was picking up three medium-sized ‘medicine ball’ hot teas from a Starbucks drive-thru in Los Angeles when one of the drinks spilled on him as the barista hande