Portland-based Stumptown Coffee has a history of exploding at high altitudes and burned an Alaska Airlines flight attendant in 2024, according to a lawsuit.
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The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Victoria Waldron, alleges she was badly burned on an Alaska Airlines flight when an onboard coffee maker catastrophically failed in the galley of the plane. The incident happened about 30 minutes before landing in Phoenix on April 1, 2024. Waldron said she was pregnant at the time and that the coffee burned her chest and several other areas of her body. She said she has had permanent scarring since the incident, causing emotional distress, and may need further surgery to address the issue. According to court documents, at least nine other flight attendants had been burned in similar incidents prior to her injury and that the coffee packaging is to blame. The Association of Flight Attendants union and Waldron’s attorneys claim Stumptown failed to design, test or validate its packaging at high altitudes. "When the packaging interacted with the existing onboard coffee makers, the result was explosive failure and serious injury," the lawsuit states. The suit goes on to claim that, prior to December 2023, Alaska served Starbucks coffee that did not have similar issues. The lawsuit also alleges Alaska Airlines contacted Stumptown about the complaints no later than Feb. 20, 2024, and that Stumptown failed to take action. The lawsuit does not seek a specific monetary amount but requests a jury trial and damages for, among other things, physical pain and suffering, scarring and disfigurement, medical expenses, and lost earnings. The suit was filed by the Choate Law Firm in Juneau, Alaska, and filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle.Survey: More than half of Washington clinicians cite mental-health risks from cannabis use More than a decade after Washington legalized recreational cannabis, a new survey suggests many clinicians are increasingly worried about the mental-health riskA Bellevue, Washington, tax preparer who built a client base among tech workers was convicted of assisting in the creation of false tax returns, federal prosecuA person was taken to Harborview Medical Center late Wednesday after falling from an overpass onto an Interstate 90 ramp in Bellevue.A person is dead after being pulled from the water at Green Lake, according to the Seattle Fire Department.A weakness in the system used to detect improper payments in subsidized child care contributed to an estimated $37M in questionable payments.
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