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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Families Say Panera Bread Lemonade Can Cause Death After Daughter’s Heart Injury

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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.

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Dale Carson – Criminal Defense Attorney (Jacksonville), Former FBI Agent, Former Police Officer, Author: “Arrest-Proof Yourself;” X: @DaleCarsonLaw
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[Feature Photo: Lauren Skerritt/Handout via NBC News]