“Monster, with their targeted marketing practices and promotion of energy drinks to teenagers, put profits over the safety of America’s youth,” said Kevin Goldberg, an attorney with of Goldberg, Finnegan, and Mester, which is representing the Fournier family. Monster Energy drinks within a 24 hour period.” Nevertheless, the lawsuit, which was filed last Friday in California Superior Court (Riverside County), accuses Monster of heavily marketing its energy drinks to teenagers and young adults, “the individuals most susceptible to caffeine-related injury.” Moreover, the plaintiffs allege that had Monster “properly disclosed and warned of the significant risk of suffering adverse cardiac episodes, including cardiac arrhythmias, due to the consumption of Monster Energy, a product containing exorbitant levels of caffeine, taurine and guarana, Anais Fournier would not have purchased and consumed two 24 oz. However, Fournier’s autopsy report also noted that she was affected with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a group of inherited disorders that weaken connective tissues in the body. Six days later, she was removed from life support.Īccording to the Maryland medical examiner’s office, the cause of Fournier’s death was cardiac arrhythmia as a result of caffeine toxicity, which hindered her heart’s ability to pump blood. After arriving at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fournier was placed into an induced coma in an attempt to reduce brain swelling.

cans of Monster Energy in a 24 hour period. The lawsuit claims that 14 year-old Anais Fournier went into cardiac arrest after consuming two 24 oz.

Already the target of an investigation by the New York state attorney general’s office into how the company packages and discloses its caffeine content, Monster Beverage is a facing a new lawsuit alleging that the high caffeine content in its flagship beverage contributed to the death of a Maryland teenager last December.

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