Liability
Failure to Warn
Selling a product without adequate warnings or instructions about a foreseeable risk that is not obvious to the user.
Pleaded in 10 of the 98 matters on this docket
Governing law
State product liability law; Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability 2(c)
Damages
Compensatory and, where warranted, punitive damages.
Limitations period
Same as the underlying product liability claim in the forum state.
Reference material about publicly available law, current as of the date this file was compiled. It is not legal advice and it does not describe anyone’s particular situation. Statutes and limitations periods vary by jurisdiction and change.
Matters pleading this claim
Lyons v. OpenAI (Soelberg estate)
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 3:25-cv-11037
ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Filed 2025-12-29 · Individual Action
ActiveUnconfirmedShamblin v. OpenAI
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (coordinated in JCCP No. 5431) · 25STCV32382
ChatGPT (GPT-4o, OpenAI)
Filed 2025-11-06 · Individual Action
ActiveMontoya v. Character Technologies
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (Denver Division) · 1:25-cv-02907
Character.AI
Filed 2025-09-16 · Individual Action
SettledRaine v. OpenAI
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco (coordinated in JCCP No. 5431, In re ChatGPT Product Liability Cases) · CGC-25-628528
ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Filed 2025-08-26 · Individual Action
DiscoveryA.F. v. Character Technologies
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division) · 2:24-cv-01014
Character.AI
Filed 2024-12-10 · Individual Action
SettledGarcia v. Character Technologies
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Orlando Division) · 6:24-cv-01903
Character.AI
Filed 2024-10-23 · Individual Action
SettledSocial Media Adolescent Addiction MDL 3047
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers) · 4:22-md-03047-YGR (MDL No. 3047)
Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube
Filed 2022-10-06 · MDL
MDL ConsolidatedBenavides v. Tesla
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Miami Division) · 1:21-cv-21940-BB
Tesla Autopilot
Filed 2021-05-21 · Individual Action
On AppealBreathitt County School District v. Meta
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (school-district track of MDL No. 3047)
Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube
Filing date not established · Individual Action
SettledUnconfirmedJCCP 5255 Social Media Cases (K.G.M. bellwether)
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl) · JCCP No. 5255
Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok
Filing date not established · Individual Action
Judgment Entered