descriptive claim
On October 23, 2024, the Social Media Victims Law Center and the Tech Justice Law Project filed suit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Character.AI, its two cofounders, and Google on behalf of Megan Garcia, whose 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III took his life after interacting with role-playing AI 'characters' on Character.AI, bringing claims including strict product liability, negligence, wrongful death, and violations of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
desc_garcia_character_ai_wrongful_death_suit
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- Megan Garcia v. Character Technologies, Et Al. journalistic_reportweight0.85
locator: Summary paragraph
“The Social Media Victims Law Center and the Tech Justice Law Project filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, the company's two cofounders, and Google, on behalf of a parent whose 14-year-old, Sewell Setzer III, took his life after interacting with and becoming dependent on role-playing AI 'characters' offered by the company.”