Sarah Katz Panera Lawsuit: The incident of “Sarah Katz” shocked people all over the world, it became the headline of the news. Well, Sarah’s family filed a lawsuit against “Panera Bread” saying that Sarah died after drinking that “Charged Lemonade”. Well, here in this article we will discuss the full matter that what exactly happened and what her family claimed in the lawsuit.
Sarah Katz Panera Lawsuit:
Sarah Katz was a 21-year-old student who was completing her education at “The University of Pennsylvania.” On September 10, 2022, Sarah had a lemonade drink from “Panera Bread”.
On the same day hour after having that drink, she was dining with her friend at a restaurant in her apartment, and suddenly she suffered a cardiac arrest and died.
After one year of this tragedy, the family of Sarah is now suing “Panera Bread” alleging that her death was the result of her consumption of the chain’s caffeinated lemonade.
According to the wrongful death lawsuit the family filed on Monday mentioned that the lemonade that Sarah drank, contained a “dangerous” 390 milligrams of caffeine which was more than the caffeine content of standard cans of Red Bull and Monster combined.
Sarah Katz Upenn Student Family Files Suit over Charged Lemonade of Panera Bread:
As per “NBC News“, the legal complaint, which was filed by the family in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, calls the beverage a “dangerous energy drink” and argues that Panera failed to appropriately warn consumers about its ingredients.
Well, later Panera responded to this incident and released a statement in which they said, “We were very saddened to learn this morning about the tragic passing of Sarah Katz, and our hearts go out to her family. At Panera, we strongly believe in transparency around our ingredients. We will work quickly to thoroughly investigate this matter.”
Elizabeth Crawford, a partner at the Philadelphia-based law firm Kline & Specter, PC said in a statement, “I think everyone thinks lemonade is safe. And really, this isn’t lemonade at all. It’s an energy drink that has lemon flavor, It should have an adequate warning.”
