# 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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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sues-panera-bread-over-possible-death-from-energy-drink-do-they-have-a-case/992226/57 "2023-10-28T23:05:54Z")

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> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> There are plenty of places on the Interwebs where you can find the details of the case and learn that she did not pour the coffee on her crotch.

Uh huh. In order to convey the gist of it I need to replace “pour on one’s crotch” with "accidentally spill in a manner that causes a liquid to pour over one’s crotch, leg, and buttocks?

Getting back to the meat of this thread (not actual meat) I think the lawyers have to prove some form of gross negligence on the part of Panera. Otherwise it’s carrot logic to say she died from consuming their product.

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