Correction: Monster Energy-Lawsuit story

Published March 8, 2013 6:49pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — In a story March 4 about a lawsuit against Monster Beverage filed by the family of a Maryland teenager, The Associated Press erroneously characterized the girl’s condition listed on her autopsy report. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited disorders affecting connective tissues, not a heart condition. In one of its most severe forms, Ehlers-Danlos can weaken the heart’s largest artery.

A corrected version of the story is below:

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