In a federal court in New Jersey, a former regional Starbucks manager, Shannon Phillips, won a $25.6 million lawsuit against the coffee chain, alleging that she and other white employees were unfairly punished due to the 2018 arrest of two black men. The jury awarded her $600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages. The decision came after eight members of the jury took five hours to deliberate the matter. The jury determined that Phillips was fired based on her race, which is against federal and state anti-discrimination laws.

Philips, who was the operations manager for Philadelphia, southern New Jersey, and other locations, did not have any involvement with the 2018 incident. A store manager in Philadelphia had called the police on the two black men who had been sitting in the coffee shop without ordering. Despite not being involved, Phillips lost her job in less than a month for speaking out about another white manager being put on leave during the events.

According to her lawsuit, the company's reason for suspending the district manager, not responsible for the coffee shop where the arrests took place, was that black store managers received lower salaries than their white counterparts. Phillips, however, argued that district managers had no responsibility for employee salaries, making such an argument illogical. Her lawsuit claimed that Starbucks penalized employees unfairly based on skin color.

In a federal court in New Jersey, a former regional Starbucks manager, Shannon Phillips, won a $25.6 million lawsuit against the coffee chain, alleging that she and other white employees were unfairly punished due to the 2018 arrest of two black men. The jury awarded her $600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages. The decision came after eight members of the jury took five hours to deliberate the matter. The jury determined that Phillips was fired based on her race, which is against federal and state anti-discrimination laws.
Philips, who was the operations manager for Philadelphia, southern New Jersey, and other locations, did not have any involvement with the 2018 incident. A store manager in Philadelphia had called the police on the two black men who had been sitting in the coffee shop without ordering. Despite not being involved, Phillips lost her job in less than a month for speaking out about another white manager being put on leave during the events.
According to her lawsuit, the company's reason for suspending the district manager, not responsible for the coffee shop where the arrests took place, was that black store managers received lower salaries than their white counterparts. Phillips, however, argued that district managers had no responsibility for employee salaries, making such an argument illogical. Her lawsuit claimed that Starbucks penalized employees unfairly based on skin color.

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