Starbucks faces lawsuit for tacking on charge for nondairy milk in drinks

Three lactose-intolerant women are steamed over a surcharge for nondairy milk substitutions in Starbucks beverages.

California residents Maria Bollinger, Dawn Miller and Shunda Smith filed a lawsuit earlier this month in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, alleging the coffee giant discriminated against customers lactose allergies by charging them an extra fee for nondairy alternatives to its coffee-based drinks and other beverages. 

"Starbucks charges customers with lactose intolerance and milk allergies an excessively high Surcharge to substitute Non-Dairy Alternatives in its drinks," according to the complaint, which seeks restitution as well as monetary damages.