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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Families Say Panera Bread Lemonade Can Cause Death After Daughter's Heart Injury

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Skerritt, 28, is a fantastic physical shape due to being an athlete and obstacle course racer.

The Rhode Islander stops by a Greenville Panera Bread and drinks two and a half servings of Panera Bread's "Charged Lemonade". The next day, Skerritt is rushed to the Emergency room suffering from an irregular heartbeat. Skerritt is shocked when doctors diagnose her with a heart condition that can lead to stroke and other complications known as atrial fibrillation.

Skerrit says her heart problem was caused by the popular beverage from Panera Bread that contains as much caffeine as three cans of Red Bull, according to a lawsuit. Skerrit's lawsuit is not the first, two other suits have already been filed against the restaurant chain over its "charged lemonade."

Panera has said the previous two lawsuits were “equally without merit.”

This lawsuit claims Skerritt continues to experience supraventricular tachycardia with associated shortness of breath, palpitations, brain fog, difficulty thinking and concentrating, body shakes, and weakness.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

  • Dale Carson – Criminal Defense Attorney (Jacksonville), Former FBI Agent, Former Police Officer, Author: “Arrest-Proof Yourself;” X: @DaleCarsonLaw
  • Caryn L. Stark – Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych/FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
  • Dorian Bond – Private Detective and Owner of Bond Investigations Inc. in Dallas, TX.(largest African American-owned private investigative firm in the United States); Twitter: @bondinvestigate
  • Dr. Harvey Castro– Board-certified Emergency Care Physician & Healthcare Consultant, CEO of ChatGPT and Healthcare; Author: “Revolutionize your health & fitness with ChatGPT’s modern weight loss hacks;” X: @HarveycastroMD
  • Ben Kesslen - Reporter at The Messenger; X: @benkesslen

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0:00.0

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0:25.0

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Crime stories with Nancy Grace. Everybody loves Panera bread, right? I mean my mother lives off some of their soup.

0:53.8

She loves it.

0:55.1

I have to buy it in big containers

0:58.1

to get for her.

0:59.5

Panera bread, right?

1:01.3

Well, apparently not everybody loves Panera bread, including a young athlete

1:07.0

that claims their lemonade sent her to the ER and that she'll never be the same.

1:17.0

I Nancy Grace, this is crime stories.

1:20.0

Thank you for being with us here at Crime Stories and on Series 6 Sim 111.

1:24.0

First of all, take a listen to this.

1:26.4

Lauren Scarett is 28 years old and in top shape.

1:30.0

As an athlete and obstacle course eraser, being in fantastic physical shape is a necessity.

1:36.0

The Road Islander stops by Panera Bread in Greenville

1:39.0

and drinks two and a half servings of Panera Bread's charged lemonade. The next day,

1:44.2

Scarred is rushed to the emergency room suffering from an irregular heartbeat.

1:48.6

Scarred is shocked when doctors diagnose her with a heart condition that can lead to stroke and

1:54.0

other complications known as atrial fibrillation.

1:57.3

Atrial fibrillation, hold on.

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