Buford woman gets $1.2 million in coffee machine case

BUFORD - A Cobb County jury has awarded a Buford woman $1.2 million after she said she was scalded by 190-degree water that shot out of a cappuccino machine.

Lawyer Nelson Tyrone III says the woman, 52-year-old Cynthia Nance, was burned on Halloween night in 2007 at a QuickTrip convenience store.

Atlanta attorney Valerie Pinkett, who represented QuickTrip, did not return a phone call.

Tyrone said Nance was burned on her hand and arm as she held her cup near the machine. He said she could require an electronic implant to correct nerve damage caused by the burning.

Tyrone said the money will allow her to be treated by the best doctors in the nation.