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Monster Beverage Corp. hit with wrongful death lawsuit, FDA investigation

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 26 2012

The parents of a 14-year-old girl who allegedly died after consuming two 24-ounce Monster Energy drinks in a 24-hour period have filed a wrongful death and strict product liability lawsuit against Monster Beverage Corp. in a California state court

Florida diner claims restaurant’s negligence led to artichoke-induced injury

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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November 5 2010

A Florida man has sued a Houston's restaurant and its manager for failing to train servers to explain to patrons how to eat grilled artichokes, contending that their negligence led to his hospitalization and exploratory bowel surgery

Defense counsel asserts caffeine overdose led to false murder confession

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 24 2010

A Kentucky man accused of murdering his wife reportedly notified the court that he would defend himself by claiming that a high caffeine intake, from soft drinks, energy drinks and diet pills, made him temporarily insane and unable to form the requisite criminal intent to kill his wife

Obese child placed in foster care ordered into uncle’s custody

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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December 16 2011

A Cleveland judge has reportedly decided that an obese third grader who was removed from his mother’s custody after she was apparently unable to control his weight can now be removed from foster care

Senator Leahy proposes jail time for food contaminators

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 30 2010

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has introduced legislation that would give federal prosecutors the authority to seek prison sentences up to 10 years for those who “knowingly place contaminated food products into the nation’s food supply.”

“Red Bull” defense joins “Twinkie” defense in crime annals

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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February 11 2011

According to a news source, a prosecutor in Florida appears willing to accept an insanity defense in the case of a man who murdered his father while depressed, sleep-deprived and under the purported influence of an energy drink

Peanut butter cookie served to allergic child not an inherently violent act

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 18 2011

A federal court in California recently dismissed with prejudice a claim against a school district and some of its personnel filed by the parents of a child with an allergy to nuts; they alleged that the defendants threatened harm to the child by refusing to keep him in a nut-free environment, which threat was undertaken to discourage the parents from exercising a legal right, i.e., requesting accommodations for him, in violation of state law

Caffeinated alcoholic drink allegedly caused man’s heart arrhythmia

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 25 2011

According to news sources, a New Jersey tire salesman has filed a personal injury lawsuit in a state court against the company that makes Four Loko, an alcoholic beverage that until late 2010 also contained caffeine; he alleges that after drinking two and one-half cans, he was taken to a hospital with heart arrhythmia

Obesity experts propose foster care for severely overweight kids

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 15 2011

Harvard University obesity experts have reportedly proposed that some parents should lose custody of their extremely overweight children to foster care

White Castle devotee sues company, alleging injury from small booth

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 16 2011

According to news sources, a man who weighs nearly 300 pounds has filed an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit against White Castle in a federal court in New York, claiming that the stationary booth seating in a Nanuet restaurant is made for smaller people and that he hurt a knee trying to wedge into one in 2009