By David Holzel – Senior Writer Courtesy of Washington Jewish Week

Anais Fournier of Hagerstown, and Alex Morris of Oakland, Calif., lived a continent apart, but they had two things in common: they were both teenagers and they both consumed Monster Energy drinks before their sudden deaths.

That’s Silver Spring attorney Kevin Goldberg’s contention. He represents the families in two wrongful death suits against the beverage maker, which owns a third of the $10 billion U.S. energy drink market.

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