Showing posts with label Suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Suicide. Show all posts
Sunday, May 17, 2026

More cases against OpenAI over injuries arguably caused by ChatGPT use; and a comment on why recognizing such claims would be bad policy

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 The number of claims against OpenAI related to injuries alleged to have been caused by the use of ChatGPT continues to rise.  For two stori...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Washington Court allows claim against Amazon based on plaintiffs' decedent's suicide -- UPDATED

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February 22, 2026  Long time readers of this blog may remember that I have posted a number of times about cases dealing with whether Amazon ...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Yet another lawsuit filed against ChatGPT for its alleged role in a user's suicide

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 Since August of last year I have seen several cases filed in different jurisdictions against AI platforms alleging in one way or another th...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Another lawsuit filed against makers of ChatGPT based on the AI platform's alleged role in a suicide

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 I recently posted a comment on a case filed by the parents of a minor suing the makers of ChatGPT alleging that the AI platform helped thei...
Friday, October 24, 2025

Nevada Supreme Court abandons "suicide rule" and adopts proximate cause analysis for all suicide cases

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 Long time readers of this blog may remember I have often posted about cases involving claims for wrongful death arising out of someone’s su...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Parents sue ChatGPT Company alleging the AI program helped their son commit suicide

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 The parents of a 16-year-old who died by suicide sued OpenAI last week, claiming that ChatGPT encouraged their son to take his life and eve...
Sunday, January 21, 2024

Comment on the recent case on whether a suicide is an unforeseeable intervening event

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 A few days ago I reported ( here ) that the Illinois Appellate Court recently decided a case on whether a decedent’s conduct in committing ...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

IL Appellate Court Holds that Mental Health Providers Can Be Liable for the Suicide of Outpatient Mental Health Clients

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 The TortsProf Blog recently reported that the Illinois Appellate Court decided a case holding that a mental health professional can be lia...
Monday, May 24, 2021

Parents of teen who committed suicide sue Snapchat and other "apps" developers

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A few days ago I posted a news story about a decision against Snapchat.  Yesterday, I posted a story about a new decision involving a suicid...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Court in Alabama holds suicide is not a superseding cause

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In many other jurisdictions, a decedent's conduct in committing suicide is considered a superseding cause, presumably based on the notio...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Federal court rules that parents of a third grader who committed suicide have a cause of action against school board and school principal

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 In a case that has a number of interesting implications the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has affirmed the denial of a motion to d...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Germany's highest court declares law banning assisted suicide is unconstitutional

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Germany’s highest court on Wednesday ruled that a 2015 law banning professional assisted suicide was unconstitutional, as it robbed terminal...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

Alabama Supreme Court to decide whether suicide is a superseding cause

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Long time readers of this blog know that I have posted many stories on issues related to claims of injuries related to suicide; and one of t...
Monday, December 23, 2019

Arizona Appeals Court suggests it is time to starting thinking of suicide as any other intervening cause

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As in many other jurisdictions, a decedent's conduct in committing suicide is considered a superseding cause, presumably based on the no...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

Recent developments on whether colleges and universities have a duty to protect students from harm -- UPDATED

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August Last year I published an article on whether colleges or universities have a duty to protect students from harm ( available here ). ...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Recent Tennessee case holds suicide is a superseding cause

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A couple of days ago I posted a comment about a couple of recent claims based on deaths by suicide.  Sadly suicide is a serious health issue...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

Article proposing changes to the view that suicide is a superseding cause

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As you may know, courts often rule that a person's decision to commit suicide operates as a superseding cause which results in dismissin...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Lawsuit Blames Sorority Hazing for Athlete's Suicide

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I recently published a short article on two recent cases on whether universities have a "duty to help" students by preventing inju...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Massachusetts and California rule universities have a limited duty to help students because of special relationship

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As readers of this blog know, the general common law did not recognize a duty to help or to control the conduct of others.  However, over ti...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Should a school be liable if a student commits suicide?

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A student’s suicide at MIT has sparked a contentious legal battle before the Massachusetts’ supreme court over whether a university can be h...