Uvalde lawsuits overview:
- Who: The parents and guardians of the 17 children killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022 filed lawsuits against Daniel Defense, Meta and Activision.
- Why: The Uvalde shooter played Activision’s Call of Duty first-person shooter video game, visited Call of Duty Instagram pages and viewed advertisements to purchase a Daniel Defense DDM4v7 AR-15 rifle through Instagram, the lawsuits claim.
- Where: The Uvalde lawsuits were filed in Uvalde County District Court and in Los Angeles County, Calif.
The parents and guardians of the 17 children killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022, filed lawsuits against Daniel Defense, Meta and Activision over their alleged contributions to the deadliest school shooting in United States history.
The Uvalde shooter played Activision’s Call of Duty first-person shooter video game, visited Call of Duty Instagram pages and viewed advertisements to purchase a Daniel Defense DDM4v7 AR-15 rifle through Instagram, the lawsuits claim.
“Over the last 15 years, two of America’s largest technology companies—Defendants Activision and Meta—have collaborated with the firearms industry in a scheme that makes the Joe Camel campaign look laughably harmless, even quaint,” the Uvalde lawsuits say.
The Uvalde shooting victims’ families allege Instagram offers firearm manufacturers an unsupervised channel to speak directly to minors in their homes, at school or in the middle of the night through advertisements.
Parkland, Sandy Hook shooters also devoted Call of Duty players
The Parkland, Fla., and Sandy Hook Elementary shooters also devotedly played Call of Duty, the lawsuit claims.
Activision is “chewing up alienated teenage boys and spitting out mass shooters,” the Uvalde shooting victims’ families claim.
Survivors of the Uvalde shooting filed a $2.7 billion class action lawsuit in late 2022 against multiple Texas law enforcement agencies and people.
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The plaintiffs are represented by Katherine Mesner-Hage, Joshua D. Koskoff, Alinor C. Sterling and Colin S. Antaya of Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC and Erin Rogiers, Francisco Guerra IV and Bailey Vannatta of Guerra LLP.
The Uvalde shooting victims class action lawsuits are Rubio, et al. v. Daniel Defense LLC, et al., Case No. unknown, in the District Court for Uvalde County, Texas along with Mata, et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc., et al., Case No. unknown, in the Superior Court for Los Angeles County, Calif.
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