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.
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.
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.