14 DAY TRIAL // This past March 4, the Monster Beverage Corporation went public with the news that, according to their own private investigations, the death of 14-year-old Anais Fournier cannot in any way be linked to her consuming their Monster Energy Drink.
As previously reported, said girl's parents had recently filed a lawsuit against the Monster Beverage Corporation, claiming that the caffeine content of their Monster Energy Drink must be held accountable for their daughter's suffering a heart attack and dying.
The company now wishes to defend themselves, and maintain that, as the medical records of Anais Fournier show, the girl's tragic death had nothing to do with their product.
According to the official press release on this matter, the Monster Beverage Corporation came to make these statements after employing a cardiac pathologist, a cardiac electrophysiologist, an emergency room physician, a chief forensic pathologist/coroner and several other experts.
Apparently, all of these specialists were asked to investigate the exact circumstances which led to Anais Fournier's heart attack and subsequent death.
“After an examination of Ms. Fournier's medical records, pathology report and autopsy report, the physicians stated conclusively that there is no medical, scientific or factual evidence to support the Maryland Medical Examiner's Report of ‘caffeine toxicity’ or that Ms. Fournier's consumption of two Monster Energy Drinks 24 hours apart contributed to, let alone was the cause of her untimely death,” argued Daniel Callahan, one of the lawyers currently working with said company.
“When the Maryland Medical Examiner was asked why her report contained the term ‘caffeine toxicity,’ she responded that it was because she had been told by Ms. Fournier's mother that Ms. Fournier had consumed an energy drink containing caffeine. This was even though her report states that blood tests for caffeine levels were not done,” Daniel Callahan further pointed out.
The Monster Beverage Corporation also maintains that, for the time being, no scientific evidence proves that that caffeine consumption and arrhythmia are interrelated.
As well as this, they claim that Anais Fournier used to drink coffee on a daily basis, which is why it makes no sense to blame her death on their energy drink.
Lastly, the company shows that, as medical records state, the 14-year-old girl had both a family and a personal history of heart disease.
“Monster is very sorry for the family's loss, but the facts do not support placing the blame of Ms. Fournier's untimely passing on Monster beverages,” Daniel Callahan concluded.