From Spokane, WA station KREM:
Man sues energy drink maker after mouse found in can
A Federal Way man has filed a lawsuit against the maker of Monster Energy Drinks. He claims he found a dead mouse at the bottom of his can, and he has the lab work to prove it.
"Anytime anyone talks about monster, I just get that sick feeling in my stomach," says Vitaliy Sulzhik.
It happened March 20, 2010. Sulzhik remembers it like it was yesterday. He went into the Fred Meyer in Des Moines, and bought himself a Monster Energy Drink. When he finished drinking it, he didn't realize another monster would be at the bottom.
"I put it down and I felt it was still heavy. So I backwashed it and all this debris went into my mouth," says the 19 year old. "Then I looked in the can and I saw the tip of the tail and I vomited everywhere."
The caps are crimped on after the can is filled with liquid. The mouse probably fell into the can, was unable to climb out and then drowned in the liquid (they chill it almost to freezing to keep the carbonation from foaming up). As one commenter posted:
you pick the right can, you win the lawsuit lottery
