# Family sues Panera Bread over possible death from energy drink-do they have a case?

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**Created:** [October 28, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sues-panera-bread-over-possible-death-from-energy-drink-do-they-have-a-case/992226 "2023-10-28T12:00:54Z")\
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A young woman with a heart condition drank a Charged Lemonade, being unaware of its caffeine content, and later died. The family contends that it should have been displayed with the high-caffeine drinks and if she had known, she wouldn’t have consumed it. Sounds pretty bare-bones to me.

> **[Panera faces lawsuit over 'Charged Lemonade' energy drink after 21-year-old's...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/23/business/panera-lawsuit-charged-lemonade-death/index.html)**
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> A 21-year-old woman with a heart condition is dead after consuming a heavily caffeinated energy drink at Panera Bread that she may have believed was regular lemonade, her parents alleged in a wrongful death suit against the restaurant chain.

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