No not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV nor did I sleep at a Holiday Inn last night and, trust me, nothing that comes out of your month is capable of hurting my feelings. Simply someone who has spent his professional career (30 plus years) investigating and resolving claims including claims such as this, I think I'm have a wee bit more expertise in this area and am a bit more qualified to speak on tort claims. I've never made a snap judgement based on a claim report as to is a claim has validity. If you look at my first post on this thread I made the comment that it will be interesting to see what comes out through discovery. For someone who has railed on other threads about "fake news" you sure are drinking from that cup here that the news report is gospel.
As I noted the evidence will speak for itself and that how I evaluate claims. I would love to see the video, but it in itself may not be the end all, be all depending on a number of factors. If I were handling the case for Starbucks I would be privy to the results of the discovery and form my evaluation from there. It is very possible the case may have merit, at the stage neither you or I know if it does or doesn't. Oh and no, suits like this do not screw up either our medical of legal system in any shape, form or fashion or are you someone that believes in limiting the common man's access to the judicial system?
And yes, it is possible (never alleged it wasn't) to have a higher % of a given type of juror (male v female, white v black etc) but like I said if a juror demonstrates an overt prejudice counsel on both side will try to strike those jurors that may be predisposed either way. You may not like the jury system but if works a lot more often than it doesn't.
