5-Hour Energy Lawsuit and Attention to Detail
I’ve been working with lawyers for the past 4 years and, as a whole, the industry’s pedantic attention to detail drives me around the bend. Far too often, it seems attorneys are gleeful when given an opportunity to score points by pointing out the mixing of “insure” and “ensure” or misuse of a semi-colon when a comma would have sufficed. Presumably this attention to detail is drilled into prospective attorneys over three years at law school. I didn’t really appreciate why until this weekend when I was reading about the 5 Hour Wrongful Death Lawsuit. The complaint starts to look fishy from the first sentence (my bold) . . .
“This is an action for personal injuries and wrongful death brought by Monica Hassell as the surviving spouse of Antonio James Hassell who, at age twenty-seven, suffered a sudden heart attack (ventricular arrhythmia) on August 2, 2009 and subsequently died on March 1, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee as a direct and proximate result of his consumption of the widely advertised “5-hour ENERGY” drink.”
Apparently the deceased consumed 5-Hour energy a full 6 months after he died. The dates are repeated throughout the complaint, which you can read here.
I now await comments on the grammatical errors in this post . . . .
September 6th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
I tried 5 hour energy for the first time yesterday.this crap has every bad side affect known to man , immediately I became nauseous and sick to my stomach and my fourhead felt like it was on fire and I got very dizzy and I had diarrhea and throwing up at the same time and my stomach mussels were twitching for 5 hours, my chest and arms felt like they were on fire and itched and the roof of my mouth was itching and I had the shakes for 4 hours and blurry vision, it also mested with my breathing and heart rate, I was sick all day and felt bad, how is this crap legal to sell
December 20th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
I am a 43 year old healthy women who suffered a heart attack from drinking a 5 hour energy drink. After playing tennis earlier in the day we were celebrating one of my children birthdays and i consumed the “energy drink ” before dinner. I felt like i had a bad case of indigestion for the rest of the evening and absolutely could not fall asleep. Around three in the morning, suffering from severe chest pain i was rushed to the Heart Hospital of Tucson AZ, were i was told after blood tests that I had suffered a heart attack. An angioplasty showed no blockage. THIS DRINK ALMOST KILLED ME!!!
April 12th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I’ve been drinking 1/2 bottle of 5 hour energy for over a year and I am just now beginning to realize its adverse affects. I’ve suffered severe memory loss, intense dizziness, and headaches for several months now. The doctors only found my thyroid to be slightly elevated, but even with thyroid medication my symptoms continued to get worse. I take vitamins, eat healthy, get regular exercise, and I’m at a healthy weight. I finally put it all together this morning after taking what will be my last shot of 5 hour energy forever. I haven’t felt “well” for a long time, but I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out what’s been causing these strange symptoms. We shall see…