Panda Express Sued As Patron Alleges Meal Led to Artery Injury

As a legal analyst, I’ve seen more than a few food-borne injury cases transform into textbook Daubert showdowns where the last word isn’t a witness’s memory but a medical study’s methodology.

The parties and their counsel are set: Garrett is represented by Drew S. Sprague of Sprague Law PLLC; Panda Express is represented by David M. Fothergill and Megan Reilly-Dreas of McAngus Goudelock & Courie PLLC. The caption is Garrett v. Panda Express, Inc., No. 5:25-cv-00509, in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

As the docket gets organized, watch the scheduling order: expert disclosure dates are the canary in the coal mine for when the science fight turns from theoretical to tactical. However this shakes out, remember these are allegations in a live lawsuit; Panda Express has denied wrongdoing and is entitled to test every assertion. The court will decide what the jury hears. The jury, if it gets that far, will decide what the facts mean.