21-Year-Old Girl Dies After SHOCKING Panera Bread Drink Order -- Leading Family To Sue!
24.10.2023 - 18:29
/ perezhilton.com
A young woman sadly died in Philadelphia last year after consuming something potentially dangerous from… Panera Bread?!
On Monday, NBC News obtained court docs from a lawsuit filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas the same morning, a suit which alleges the eatery failed to accurately advertise just how strong their “charged lemonade” is. The suit claims the beverage contains more caffeine than cans of Redbull and Monster energy drinks COMBINED!
Holy s**t!!! WHAT?!
Sadly, on September 10, 2022, Sarah Katz, an Ivy League college student at the University of Pennsylvania purchased the “dangerous energy drink” during a lunch visit, before going into cardiac arrest and collapsing at a friends’ birthday celebration later that evening, according to the filings. Apparently, the 21-year-old suffered from a heart condition known as Long QT Syndrome type 1, which the Mayo Clinic describes as a “heart signaling disorder that can cause fast, chaotic heartbeats (arrhythmias).” Obviously a huge dose of caffeine was incredibly dangerous for her. According to the suit, Sarah avoided energy drinks, as recommended by her doctors, but made the decision to purchase the lemonade because of what her friend and roommate Victoria Rose Conroy believes to be a lack of information. She told NBC News:
So, so sad. And understandable. We mean… it’s lemonade! From Panera! Why would anyone expect it to be so strong??
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According to the Panera website, one 30oz charged lemonade contains around 390mg — just 10mg short of what the FDA cautions as potentially dangerous. That’s for folks without a heart condition!
On Monday afternoon, a Panera spokesperson addressed the