STORE.
TWO CENTRAL FLORIDA ATTORNEYS
FILED A LAWSUIT TODAY AGAINST
ENERGY DRINK COMPANIES.
THIS COMES IN THE WAKE OF A
NEW STUDY LINKING DRINKS TO SOME
SERIOUS HEART PROBLEMS.
NOW REPRESENTING MORE THAN
100 PEOPLE ARE THE LAWYERS WHO
SAY THE STUDY IS RIGHT.
NEWS 6 REPORTER LOREN KORN WAS
THERE TODAY AS THE LAWYERS BROKE
DOWN THE LAWSUIT.
MORGAN & MORGAN FILED FIVE
LAWSUITS TODAY AGAINST MONSTER
BEVERAGE CORPORATION SAYING THE
ENERGY DRINKS RIGHT HERE ARE
MAKING PEOPLE SICK.
THEY SAY SOME PEOPLE ARE EVEN
SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS
LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
THEY'RE TARGETING OUR
CHILDREN.
THEY'RE GOING AFTER OUR KIDS AND
GETTING THEM HOOKED.
WHICH IS WHY MORGAN & MORGAN
SAYS IT'S GOING AFTER MONSTER
ENERGY DRINK CORPORATION, THE
FIRM SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING 100
DIFFERENT CLAIMS WHERE PEOPLE
WHO CONSUMED THE ENERGY DRINK
OVER THE YEARS SUFFERED SERIOUS
INJURIES.
HEART ATTACKS, STROKES, A FIB
AND SOMETHING THAT'S NEW WHICH
WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE AND
HASN'T BEEN PURSUED BEFORE, IS
KIDNEY FAILURE AND RENAL FAILURE
IN GENERAL.
MORGAN ALSO MENTIONING A CASE
INVOLVING A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO
SUFFERED A STROKE.
THEY SAY IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF
INGREDIENTS THAT ARE NOT
LABELED.
THE DRINKS HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF
CAFFEINE AND MIX WITH A SECRET
ENERGY BLEND.
MOST OF THE VITAMINS AND, YOU
KNOW, ADDED BENEFITS THEY SAY
THEY'RE PUTTING IN EXCEED DAILY
RECOMMENDED DOSES OF IT.
AND SO BEYOND THAT, THEN YOU ADD
IN THE PROPRIETARY ENERGY BLEND
AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE
DRINKING.
THEY'RE SEEING MONETARY
DAMAGES FOR EACH OF THEIR
CLIENTS AND THEY HOPE BY SUING
THE COMPANY, THEY CAN MAKE A
CHANGE.
MAKE IT SO THE INDIVIDUAL
CONSUMER HAS THE KNOWLEDGE,
SAYING I WANT TO PURCHASE THIS
KNOWING WHAT'S IN IT OR NOT.
THAT'S THE GOAL.
NEWS 6 CALLED THE MONSTER
ENERGY CORPORATION TODAY TO SEE
WHAT IT HAS TO SAY ABOUT THESE
CLAIMS.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET.
