NY Family sues Red Bull for $85m after father-of-one drank soft drink and died of a heart attack
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By: Tara Brady
A family is suing Red Bull for $85million following the death of a father-of-one who died from a heart attack after downing the soft drink. Cory Terry, 33, from Brooklyn, consumed the caffeine-based drink after playing basketball at Stephen Decatur Middle School in Brooklyn on November 8, 2011. Records show Mr Terry, who was father to a 13-year-old boy, drank the can 45 minutes after playing the sport. He then collapsed and died. His cause of death was idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy which meant his heart stopped.
Mr Terry's relatives are blaming the company which makes the energy boosting beverage for his death. His grandmother Patricia Terry said her grandson drank Red Bull all the time. The complaint is believed to be the first of its kind against the company which makes energy drinks. Lawyer Ilya Novofastovsky told the New York Daily News that there are 'extra stimulants that make it different than a cup of coffee' which are 'more dangerous than Red Bull lets on'.
Red Bull said it did not comment on individual cases but that health authorities across the world have said it is safe to drink. His mother has said that Mr Terry, a construction worker from Bedford-Stuyvesant, drank Red Bull all the time.
Novofastovsky said he hoped the lawsuit would raise people's awareness about the potential risks of energy drinks.
In 2008 scientists said just one can of Red Bull could raise the risk of heart attack or a stroke. The study on university students found that drinking one 250ml can of even the sugar-free version, which has the slogan 'gives you wings', increased the 'stickiness of the blood and raised the risk of life-threatening clots.
Researcher Dr Scott Willoughby said: 'One hour after they drank Red Bull, (their blood systems) were no longer normal.
Dr Willoughby, of the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, said he was 'alarmed' at the results and would not drink Red Bull himself.
Those with underlying heart or circulatory problems should think twice before buying the caffeine-loaded drink, he said.
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They not gonna get anything from red bull
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He got wings alright RIP
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Took folks a long time to find this out. Knew about Red Bull and its ? years ago
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Took folks a long time to find this out. Knew about Red Bull and its ? years ago
? prolly had a medical condition he ain't know about. -
I ? two one day, back to back & it had my beating fast like a mf. That was the last day I ? that ?
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I drank a few one day for the first time and the sh*t had me twitching. NEVER AGAIN!
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At one point, I was drinking up to 8 cans of Red Bull a day. The reason I slowed down was due to short term memory loss.
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I drank 2 cans of these ? on my way to SixFlags in Jersey and drank another once i got to the parking lot ? had me feeling like i was doing everything in fast forward
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Also I stopped because when I crash from it. I felt horrible af. That ? use to ? my appetite up
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Really yall react off Redbull like that? I always drink energy drink never a problem. I just really love the taste of Redbull and Monster. Working the 2nd gig falling asleep I added 5 hour energy to it too...
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Really yall react off Redbull like that? I always drink energy drink never a problem. I just really love the taste of Redbull and Monster. Working the 2nd gig falling asleep I added 5 hour energy to it too...
You know these new ? out here soft as cotton bruh.
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never had one
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Shizlansky wrote: »
When ever I hear people say they tweek off energy drinks I always think of the line from New Jersey Drive "? my heart don't pump no lemonade "
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I never got into redbull but i drank rockstar a lot. Instead of coffee i would drink rockstar everymorning.
Then one day, i woke up, told myself "Lou. Your 23 years old bruh. The party has got to stop someday and you gotta grow up."
Then i started drinking coffee. I hate the ? but it helps me in the morning. And it helps my thinking when im arguing with people on here. -
Red Bull ain't that serious.....but it does hype me the ? up
I threw a coworker of mine thru an office window cause we had a small argument over some damn office supplies
luckily I was in the Army at the time and just got back from Iraq
but cuzzo tried to get fly that money over some staples and I just flipped out on dude
I drank like 3 Red Bulls that morning before I came to work SMH -
The grandma said he was drinking red bull all the time. All those stims caught up with him.
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I think it affects everyone differently. I used to drink those large monster energy like 5 times a day at my old job.
I only felt the crash but never the energy.
Maybe because I used to mix that ? with vodka all the time -
Lou Cypher wrote: »I never got into redbull but i drank rockstar a lot. Instead of coffee i would drink rockstar everymorning.
Then one day, i woke up, told myself "Lou. Your 23 years old bruh. The party has got to stop someday and you gotta grow up."
Then i started drinking coffee. I hate the ? but it helps me in the morning. And it helps my thinking when im arguing with people on here.
Bruh...
I always keeps Rockstar handy. I'm down to one a day now. -
I know a guy who went to the hospital from drinking red bull during overtime. But why 85 million ? damn they trying to ball out and ? .