Twelve deaf customers filed a lawsuit against Starbucks this week, claiming that employees openly mocked their disability and discriminated against their 'Deaf Chat Coffee' group, which held meetings in the store. The complaint, filed against a Starbucks location in Manhattan, seeks unspecified damages for "humiliation, embarrassment and emotional pain." [USA Today] [Photo: scriptingnews/Flickr]
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