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Mom sues Monster energy drink over teen's death
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The mother of a teenager who died from cardiac arrhythmia last year is blaming his death on Monster Beverage Corp., alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that his death was caused by habitually drinking the company's energy drink.
Alex Morris, 19, went into cardiac arrest during the early morning hours of July 1 and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The lawsuit filed in Alameda County Superior Court alleges Morris would not have died if he did not drink two cans of Monster's energy drink every day for the three years before his death, including the day he died.
Morris' mother, Paula Morris, is listed as a plaintiff in the case.
The lawsuit comes after the family of 14-year-old Anais Fournier, of Maryland, also sued the company last year after she consumed two 24-ounce cans of Monster and died.
"Our allegations in the lawsuits are the same and that's the peoples deaths were caused by these energy drinks and, more specifically, the defendants failure to warn about the dangers," said Alexander Wheeler, an attorney representing the plaintiffs in both cases.
Monster representatives did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
The Corona-based company said previously in Fournier's case that no blood test was performed to confirm that the girl died of "caffeine toxicity" as the lawsuit claimed, saying she died of natural causes brought on by pre-existing conditions.
Monster and other energy drinks have received increased scrutiny in recent months. The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of deaths linked to energy drinks, including five that cite Monster beverages, but the agency noted that the reports don't prove the drinks caused the deaths.
San Francisco city attorney Dennis Herrera is also suing Monster Beverage for marketing its energy drinks to children, saying the products pose severe health risks.
it is funny how fiction does become fact,
fiction good wife CBS TV show: an energy drink company is sued for the death of a teenager.
fact: a energy drink company is sued for the death of a teenager.
any thoughts?
The lawsuit filed in Alameda County Superior Court alleges Morris would not have died if he did not drink two cans of Monster's energy drink every day for the three years before his death, including the day he died.
Originally posted by Krakatoa
Seems to me this lawsuit is the equivalent of suing a beer manufacturer for someone abusing their product and dying. That would not fly in court, so why should this one I ask?
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
Originally posted by Krakatoa
Seems to me this lawsuit is the equivalent of suing a beer manufacturer for someone abusing their product and dying. That would not fly in court, so why should this one I ask?
Because these companies know that their products are unsafe for binge consumption, and the market isn't big enough to support anything but binge consumption at large.
Originally posted by Krakatoa
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
Originally posted by Krakatoa
Seems to me this lawsuit is the equivalent of suing a beer manufacturer for someone abusing their product and dying. That would not fly in court, so why should this one I ask?
Because these companies know that their products are unsafe for binge consumption, and the market isn't big enough to support anything but binge consumption at large.
I beg to differ. NO beverage is safe for "BINGE consumption", even good old H2O. Anything in excess is bad for you. Time has come for people to begin to take personal responsibility for their own actions IMO. If the contents of the beverage were perfectly legal, like beer/wine/spirits, then drinking them in excess to the point of death is NOT the fault of the manufacturer, but of the consumer.
A little thought goes a long way.....