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Red Bull is getting sued for $85 million.

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Mr.Huck
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Article:

http://business.time.com/2013/10/28/red-bull-sued-for-85-million-in-mans-death/

Red Bull will get hit with a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday after a Brooklyn man’s heart stopped shortly after he chugged a can of the energy drink.

Cory Terry, 33, died in 2011 after downing a Red Bull during a basketball game, and now his relatives are suing the company for $85 million, the New York Daily News reports.

The family’s lawyer, Ilya Novofastovsky, said Red Bull has “extra stimulants that make it different than a cup of coffee” and are “more dangerous than what Red Bull lets on.”

The lawsuit cites nine allegedly Red-Bull related fatalities worldwide, and the FDA has said that energy drinks have been linked to 18 deaths and 13,000 hospital visits, according to a 2009 study.

Red Bull declined to comment on the case, but a spokeswoman said that the company has sold 35 billion cans in 165 countries “because health authorities across the world have concluded that Red Bull Energy Drink is safe to consume.”

Read more: http://business.time.com/2013/10/28/red-bull-sued-for-85-million-in-mans-death/#ixzz2j2wW8wPh
Oct 28 2013 3:26PM
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mg.
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Underlying heart condition. Be very hard to demonstrate causation.
Oct 28 2013 9:00PM
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deleted5
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yeah this guy is going to take on and beat redbull........Click for larger image
Oct 28 2013 9:24PM
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deleted5
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How the fuck do you know this?
Oct 28 2013 9:27PM
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deleted5
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O yeah that one time, at that one place, during that thing I remember now.
Oct 28 2013 9:33PM
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RimJobber
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Thats it?



I chugged 3 one time on a chairlift and ended up stopping halfway down that run, sitting down and passing out. My friend said I was out for about 2 minutes.
Oct 28 2013 9:39PM
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.Duncan.
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I think it comes down to reasonable expectation, I don't think many people expect to be served 180+ degree coffee in a cheap paper cup. On the other hand people might not think that a fork is sharp and walk away with some money. Honestly I think the country severely needs some tort reform but that this case has been horribly skewed by the media.
Oct 28 2013 9:45PM
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daannnnieel
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And that number is coming from where?
Oct 28 2013 9:45PM
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theabortionator
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Damn that's fucking ridiculous. Sounds like he did it by the books though. Taking out your starters early and letting the clock run to end it faster. What else could they do. Telling them to "take it easy on them" is fucking ridiculous. The point is to play hard the whole game, good sportsmanship but play hard. If the worst players from the bench are still getting touchdowns non stop against you, you might want to work on your team a bit in the future.


People just love to bitch and say the world was out to get them.
Oct 29 2013 4:47AM
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Laurent.
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The burning question is: on what grounds do you even justify ordering coffee at McDonalds?
Oct 29 2013 5:53AM
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this
Oct 29 2013 9:31AM
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BROSEIDON
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A girl who went to my high school's dad passed away in the middle of a basketball game at the gym just from a heart condition. It was extremely sad, but you can't blame this case on redbull
Oct 29 2013 10:42AM
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BROSEIDON
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theres a documentary on netflix saying all the same things haha
Oct 29 2013 10:44AM
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JStrathern
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This. I actually watched it a while back in my Law & Society class.
Oct 29 2013 10:53AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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It's crazy how misconstrued this lawsuit was in the media. There had been many complaints about the coffee at that particular McDicks being served too hot that were ignored by the corporation, and they continued to serve it ridiculously hot.

The woman also tried to settle for 20k, but McD's refused.
Oct 29 2013 10:56AM
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Mr.Huck
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This was the original Stella case. I remember her attorney making a statement after the victory: "This should stand as a warning to all restauranteurs, that the coffee they are serving is just TOO hot". Can't believe he was able to say it with a straight face.

By the way, there is a new Micky D's coffee lawsuit:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit_n_1380578.html

This one actually is more understandable. The drive through person handed the coffee out but the lid wasn't all the way on, and the coffee ended up spilling all over the driver.

The Stella case was completely different, because she took the lid off herself, and put the cup of coffee between her legs, then she managed to spill in on herself, which of course scalded her McNuggets.

I hate lawyers!

Oct 29 2013 11:00AM
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cobra_commander
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I watched the 10min sympathy for Stella video. Gotta say, still 100% her fault. They say in the video that the car was stopped, but my money was on a moving car.

Life's harder when you're stupid.
Oct 29 2013 11:14AM
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Mr.Huck
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Naaa. I think she put a warm, steamy, cylindrical object between her legs and her hips just went on auto.
Oct 29 2013 11:30AM
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fratskier69
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people die all the time, people drink red bull quite often. coincidences.

(although i do accept that its pretty fucked on your body)
Oct 29 2013 11:30AM
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40oz.
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haha ouch.
Oct 29 2013 12:04PM
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cobra_commander
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I'm still supprised that anyone values a Brooklyn resident's life at $85mil. He wasn't exactly playing for the Knicks when he died.
Oct 29 2013 12:47PM
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~bagelz~
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i really hope redbull takes them to court and leaves them with nothing. ttheir case is bullshit. they should just make the trial really long so the family loses all their money hiring expensive lawyers
Oct 30 2013 12:25AM
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Anathema
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so if i die playing basketball after drinking a glass of water, who do i sue? who invented water? that son of a bitch..
Oct 30 2013 12:45AM
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hot.pocket
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The reason she won is because McD's found out that if you use less coffee beans, but heat it up more, then people wont notice that its actually less coffee.

This increase in temp + less coffee beans somehow screwed them over in court.
Oct 30 2013 1:24AM
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mmallender.
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may not be redbull, but safe to say, guy didnt die because of the redbull

Oct 30 2013 9:06PM
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SlimDunkin.
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ah, yes, the answer was right under or noses
Oct 30 2013 10:11PM
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Fitz_
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People are so stupid and self centered like ok if someone in their family dies they think it's sad and all but they think to themselves we could probably get some money for this even through it wasn't the companies fault and sue them.
Nov 1 2013 11:27AM
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