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A Michigan woman is suing monster energy after finding a mouse on a drink, the lawsuit says.
Mackenzie Kane claims he found the mouse in April 2024 in a monster energy drink he bought from a bagel restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is seeking $25,000 for “mental distress, trauma, and physical illnesses.”
“When I consumed the drink, Cain picked up the can and found the can still be strangely heavy,” the lawsuit states. “Out of curiosity, Cain opened the can more and found a dead mouse placed at the bottom of the can, all the way to her fear.”
In the lawsuit filed in September 2024, Cain condemns negligence and strict liability for causing her physical harm, and violates the implied warranty of merchantability.
“It’s hard to imagine anything more disgusting than finding a mouse dead at the bottom of an energy drink. That’s also dangerous. Mice, like all rodents, will often not carry very harmful diseases.
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The case was moved from state court to federal court on Monday, July 14th, as records from the Western District of Michigan showed.
“The plaintiff alleges that after consuming the drink, he found a dead mouse laid at the bottom of the defendant’s can,” reads a notice of removal from the state court.
Monster Energy did not immediately respond to comments when contacted by USA Today on Wednesday, July 16th.
This is not the first lawsuit of this kind. In 2011, Monster Energy was sued by a man named Vitaliy Sulzhik. At the time, Monster Energy described the lawsuit as “frivolous, unfounded” and “no more than a shakedown.”
“Common sense is that if mice were introduced into cans during production (a virtually impossible scenario given modern production technology), if they occurred a few months before Surujik’s product consumption, the mice would have worsened and the product would not have been able to be consumed from the first SIP,” the company said.
As of July 16th, it is unclear where Sulzhik’s lawsuit lies.
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