Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade blamed for a second death, lawsuit alleges - eviltoast

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.

    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      I’ve seen it. Any time I’ve shown that picture to someone unfamiliar with the story, I ask them which flavor sounds best to them, and then once I’ve taken my phone back, I ask them how much caffeine was in the drink. Every single person was dumbfounded. Why would lemonade have caffeine?

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        11 months ago

        So you show them a picture and then ask them to focus on the flavors, and then take the picture away and then ask a different question. You do understand why that’s not scientific and is unfair to the results.

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          11 months ago

          So you show them a picture and then ask them to focus on the flavors, and then take the picture away and then ask a different question.

          Yes, because that’s actually what’s physically happening when someone walks up to the lemonade dispenser and grabs a drink, then walks away and wonders why their heart is palpating. They walk up to the dispenser and decide on what flavor looks best, and only after they’ve left and no longer see the sign do they have reason to suspect that they’ve had caffeine.