Fireplace Grate Heaters. Fireplace heaters are highly recommended fireplace accessories that increase fireplace efficiency and decrease home heating costs by circulating cold air into the grate and warm air back out into the room being heated.
In 1992, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck bought a cup of takeout coffee at a McDonaldâs drive-thru in Albuquerque and spilled it on her lap. She sued McDonaldâs and a jury awarded her nearly $3 million in punitive damages for the burns she suffered. Typical reaction: Isnât coffee supposed to be hot?
Carl Derek Havord Cooper told investigators that he shot the manager of a Starbucks coffee shop in July 1997 because she refused to give him the keys to a safe that held more than $10,000 in cash. He demanded the keys, but Mary Caitrin Mahoney said no, according to Cooper's account. He fired a warning shot into the ceiling. Mahoney ran into the hall. Cooper caught her and wrestled her for the keys. She resisted, and he shot her dead. Cooper said he then turned and shot two remaining Starbucks workers.