The Appellate Group

Schofield v. Starbucks

Schofield v. Starbucks, 2025 UT App 29 (Harris, J.)

Civil

The Utah Court of Appeals held:

  • The district court erred in determining, as a matter of law, that Starbucks owed no duty to the deceased in a wrongful death action and in dismissing Plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a claim. 
  • Practice tip: Whether a business should be liable for injuries to a customer affected by an accident that may have been unforeseeable is a question of breach and proximate cause, not one of duty. 

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