PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh doctor and her husband are suing Starbucks after she allegedly suffered knee and head injuries in a scooter accident at a local branch of the coffee company.
Dr. Mylanda Massart and Mordechai Massart of Pittsburgh filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on May 1 versus Starbucks Corporation of Seattle.
Dr. Massart, a practicing physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at Oakland, underwent minor surgery to address a remediable condition on her left foot. In order to keep weight off her left foot, she was required to use a knee scooter for ambulation, the lawsuit says.
She went to a Starbucks in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood on May 28, 2018, and used her scooter to go to the restroom. After using the facilities, her scooter became wedged between the elevated platform seating in the back of the store and a table placed by Starbucks for use by patrons in or near the hallway leading to the restroom, the lawsuit says.
Massart was thrown from her scooter, striking her chest on the handlebars and being propelled forward over them, hitting her head and incurring full impact to her left knee, the plaintiffs claim. As a result, the plaintiffs allege both negligence and loss of consortium against the defendant.
The plaintiffs are seeking damages in excess of $50,000 and a trial by jury.
The plaintiffs are represented by Kathleen A. Segmiller of Segmiller & Associates, in Pittsburgh.
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas case GD-20-005401
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com