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: Legal Pad | LASan Diego appeals court awards Starbucks a venti reversal
By Richard Binder
A California appeals court reversed a ruling that had ordered Starbucks Corp. to pay more than $100 million in restitution for allowing shift supervisors to share baristas' tips.
A class-action lawsuit brought by Jou Chau, a former barista, alleged that the coffee chain?s policy allowing shift supervisors to share in tip money that customers place in jars violated California labor laws. A San Diego lower court sided with Chau in the suit and awarded more than $86 million in damages but on Tuesday, that ruling was overturned.
Attorneys for the baristas said they planned to appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court.
Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).
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