Panera Bread’s highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade is now blamed for a second death, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

Dennis Brown, of Fleming Island, Florida, drank three Charged Lemonades from a local Panera on Oct. 9 and then suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on his way home, the suit says.

Brown, 46, had an unspecified chromosomal deficiency disorder, a developmental delay and a mild intellectual disability. He lived independently, frequently stopping at Panera after his shifts at a supermarket, the legal complaint says. Because he had high blood pressure, he did not consume energy drinks, it adds.

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    11 months ago

    From your article, they’re probably not going to win this suit.

    which also include guarana extract, another stimulant.

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      11 months ago

      Probably, apparently they also watered it down already + moved it behind the counter. They know they fucked up, they just seem to be stalling and victim blaming for now, maybe some astroturfing as well, probably trying to leverage a stronger position so that the other parties agree to a quiet settlement away from the media crossfires.

      What I don’t get is how people can defend this and proclaim with a straight face that the the intellectually impaired man should have been making smarter choices about what he consumed. Victim blaming in it’s purest form.

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        11 months ago

        Someone on the very fucking thread said “anyone with a half functioning brain” should be able to tell, and I’m like what the fuck am I reading?? Somebody fucking died. Why the fuck are people sucking a corporation’s dick? Oh, boo hoo, they need to pay up and get better signage, poor Panera! It’s wild. I can’t imagine taking Panera’s side.