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San Diego appeals court awards Starbucks a venti reversal

By Richard Binder

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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.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).

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