LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The property of a Boulder Metropolis restaurant proprietor who died final fall claims ingesting Actual Water, a former Las Vegas-based product from a now-bankrupt firm, precipitated his demise, in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
Milo Hurst died final November, in keeping with the lawsuit. Hurst ran Milo’s Cellar & Wine, a preferred restaurant and inn. Hurst’s property filed the lawsuit on Feb. 28 claiming failures on the alkaline water bottling facility led to his demise.
A minimum of 70 different individuals who suffered liver harm have filed or joined lawsuits involving Actual Water, the lawsuit involving Hurst stated. One individual and several other canine died from the outbreak, one lawsuit claimed.
Actual Water bought alkaline water, which has a lesser acidity, by means of a house supply service and in bottles bought in shops. The water was marketed as “the healthiest drinking water available today,” lawsuits stated.
Final yr, juries awarded $5.2 billion and $3 billion in damages in two Actual Water lawsuits. In October 2023, the corporate reached a $228 million settlement in one other case.
In 2021, the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration really useful customers, eating places and retailers discontinue ingesting, cooking with, promoting or serving the alkaline water.
The corporate issued a press release in 2021, saying it was notified of a possible drawback with its water on March 16 and that the issue dated again to November 2020.