We created a new case tracker for tort lawsuits against AI companies. So far, we compiled the products liability lawsuits and defamation lawsuits against AI companies in the United States.
We identified 6 products liability lawsuits v. Character.AI/Google (5) and OpenAI (1).
We identified 6 defamation suits against Google (3), Meta (1), Microsoft (1), and OpenAI (1).
Let us know what we missed. In another post, we will create a Tracker for the antitrust and scraping lawsuits (that do not involve copyright claims. Stay tuned.
Product liability suits
| Case name | Jurisdiction | Judge | Claims | Status |
| Character AI and Google | ||||
| P.J. v. Character Technologies, Inc. PJ on behalf of her child “Nina” for Character.AI allegedly creating foreseeable harmful dependency and leading to attempted self-harm | N.D.N.Y. 1:25-cv-01295 | D’Agostino | 1. Strict Product Liability (Defective Design) 2. Strict Liability (Failure to Warn) 3. Aiding & Abetting (v. Google) 4. Negligence per se (Child sexual abuse, Sexual solicitation, and Obscenity) 5. Negligence (Defective design) 6. Negligence (failure to warn) 7. IIED 8. Unjust Enrichment 9. Fraudulent Concealment & Misrepresentation 10. Violations of NY Gen. Bus. Law s. 349 | Complaint filed (9/16/25) |
| E.S. v. Character Technologies, Inc. E.S. and K.S., parents of T.S., 12 year old daughter, who allegedly was emotionally harmed by use of Character.AI and subject to graphic and obscene conversations | D. Colorado 1:25-cv-02906 | N. Reid Neureiter | 1. Strict Liability (Defective Design) 2. Strict Liability (Failure to Warn) 3. Strict Liability (Failure to Warn) 4. Aiding & Abetting (v. Google) 5. Negligence per se (Child sexual abuse, Sexual solicitation, and Obscenity) 6. Negligence (defective design) 7. Negligence (failure to warn) 8. IIED 9. Unjust enrichment 10. Strict Product Liability (defective design, failure to warn v. Google) 11. Fraudulent concealment; misrepresentation (v. Google) 12. COPPA violation 13. Colo. Consumer Prot. Act violation | IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall promptly serve Defendant. On or before January 2, 2026, the parties shall complete and file the Consent/Non-Consent Form (see ECF No. # 3 ), indicating either unanimous consent of the parties or that consent has been declined. Please note that this date may be earlier than the default deadlines contemplated by D.C.COLO.LCivR 40.1(c)(4). A Scheduling/Planning Conference pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.16(b) shall be held on: January 14, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. in Courtroom A-401, Fourth Floor, Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado 80294. The Scheduling Conference will be conducted via telephone. Five minutes prior to the start of the hearing, the parties are directed to call the conference line as a participant at (571) 353-2301, Access Code 841686937#. I Complaint filed (9/15/25) |
| Montoya v. Character Technologies, Inc. Cynthia Peralta & William Montoya, parents of 13-year-old Juliana Peralta who committed suicide allegedly after use of and chats with Character.AI | D. Colorado 1:25-cv-02907 | Varholak | 1. Strict Liability (Defective Design) 2. Strict Liability (Failure to Warn) 3. Aiding & Abetting (v. Google) 4. Negligence per se (Child sexual abuse, Sexual solicitation, and Obscenity) 5. Negligence (Defective design) 6. Negligence (failure to warn) 7. Wrongful Death 8. Survivor Action 9. Unjust Enrichment 10. Colo. Consumer Prot. Act violation | ORDER Setting Deadline for Filing Election Concerning Consent/Non-Consent to Magistrate Jurisdiction Form and Setting Scheduling Conference by Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak on 9/16/2025. Consent Form due by 11/18/2025. Proposed Scheduling Order due 11/25/2025. Scheduling Conference set for 12/2/2025 10:45 AM in Courtroom A 402 before Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak. Complaint filed (9/15/25) |
| Garcia v. Character Technologies Megan Garcia sues for death of her son, Sewell Setzer, 14-year-old boy who committed suicide allegedly encouraged by use of Character.AI and interaction with a Game of Thrones character | M.D. Florida 6:24-cv-01903 | Conway | 1. Strict Product Liability (Defective Design) 2. Strict Product Liability (Failure to Warn) 3. Aiding & Abetting (v. Google) 4. Negligence per se (Sexual abuse and Sexual solicitation) 5. Negligence (Defective Design) 6. Negligence (Failure to Warn) 7. Wrongful death 8. Survivor action 9. Unjust enrichment 10. Deceptive & Unfair Trade Practices Fla. Stat. 501.204 | SCHEDULING ORDER: Mandatory Initial Disclosures due by 3/28/2025. Amended Pleadings due by 3/28/2025. Joinder of Parties due by 3/28/2025. Discovery due by 5/4/2026. Dispositive motions due by 5/18/2026. Pretrial statement due by 9/21/2026. All other motions due by 6/15/2026. Plaintiff disclosure of expert report due by 3/5/2026. Defendant disclosure of expert report due by 4/6/2026. Jury Trial set for trial term commencing on 11/2/2026 at 09:00 AM in Orlando Courtroom 6 A before Judge Anne C. Conway. Conduct mediation hearing by 6/28/2026. Second Amended Complaint (filed 7/1/25) ORDER granting in part and denying in part 59 Motion to Dismiss; Individual defendants may refile their motion under Rule 12(b)(2) 90 days from the date of this order to allow Plaintiff to take jurisdictional discovery. Defendants shall file their Answers to the Amended Complaint by June 10, 2025. Signed by Judge Anne C. Conway on 5/20/2025. Google Motion to Dismiss (1/24/25) Character Techs. Motion to Dismiss (1/24/25) Amended Complaint filed (11/9/24) Complaint filed (10/22/24) |
| A.F. on behalf of J.F. v. Character Technologies Parents sue on behalf of their 17-year-old and 11-year-old children for harms to them allegedly caused or encouraged by use of Character.AI | E.D. Texas 2:24-cv-01014 | Gilstrap | 1. Strict Product Liability (Defective Design) 2. Strict Liability (Failure to Warn) 3. COPPA Violation 4. Aiding & Abetting (v. Google) 5. Negligence per se (Child sexual abuse, Sexual solicitation) 6. Negligence (Defective design) 7. Negligence (failure to warn) 8. IIED 9. Unjust Enrichment 10. Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act | Order after scheduling conference (10/30/25) NOTICE of Issuance of Partial Arbitral Award by A.F., on behalf of J.F., A.R., on behalf of B.R. (Baxter, Samuel) (9/18/2025) Order of Stay (4/28/95) Order Granting Motion to Compel Arbitration & Stay (4/23/25) Google’s Motion to Compel Arbitration & Stay Proceedings (3/10/25) Character AI’s Motion to Compel Arbitration (3/10/25) Complaint filed (12/9/24) |
| OpenAI | ||||
| Raine v. OpenAI Matt and Maria Raine, parents of 16 year-old Adam Raine, sue for wrongful death of son, who committed suicide allegedly encouraged by answers from ChatGPT in suicide related chats, allegedly including methods of hanging | Superior Court of State of CA for County of San Francisco CGC25628528 | TBA | 1. Strict Product Liability (Design Defect) 2. Strict Product Liability (Failure to Warn) 3.Negligence (Design Defect) 4. Negligence (Failure to Warn) 5. UCL Violation 6. Wrongful Death 7. Survival Action | First Amended Complaint filed (10/22/25) Complaint filed (8/26/25) |
Defamation suits
Coming soon
| Case name | Jurisdiction | Judge | Claims | Status |
| Starbuck v. Google Robby Starbuck alleged Gemini AI response falsely represented and defamed him (Summary by Volokh) | Superior Court for State of Delaware N25C-10-211 | TBA | 1. Defamation Per Se | Complaint filed (10/22/25) |
| Starbuck v. Meta Robby Starbuck alleged Meta AI response falsely represented and defamed him | Superior Court for State of Delaware N25C-04-283 | 1. Defamation Per Se | Settled (8/8/25) Complaint filed (4/29/25) | |
| Keene v. Google James Keene alleged Google AI Overviews generated false and defamatory information about him | N.D. Illinois 1:25-cv-11431 Originally filed in Circuit Court of Cook Co., Illinois 2025L009597 | Durkin | Defamation | Google Notice of Removal to Federal Court (9/22/25) Complaint filed in state court (7/30/25) |
| LTL LED d/b/a as Wolf River Electric v. Google –federal court (Summary by Volokh) Company alleged Google AI Overviews generated false and defamatory information about it. | D. Minnesota after removal by Google Originally filed in State of Minnesota District Court, County of Ramsey | Bryan | 1. Defamation 2. Defamation Per Se 3. Defamation by Implication 4. Minn. Deceptive Trade Practices Act 5. Declaratory Relief | Plaintiffs’ Opp. to Motion to Amend (7/23/25) Google’s Opp. to Motion to Remand and in Supp. of Motion to Amend (7/16/25) Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand to State Court (7/9/25) Google Notice of Removal (6/9/25) Complaint filed in state court |
| Battle v. Microsoft Corp. (Summary by Volokh) Jeffrey Battle alleged Bing generated false and defamatory information about him (apparently falsel y attributing some information about a different person with a similar name). | D. Maryland 1:23-cv-01822 | Griggsby | Defamation | Request for Emergency Hearing by Jeffery Battle (01/08/2025) ORDER granting 40 Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration; denying as moot 35 Plaintiff’s Motion for Permanent Injunction; stays this matter, pending the resolution of the parties’ arbitration. Signed by Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby on 10/23/2024. Complaint filed (7/7/23) |
| Walters v. OpenAI –federal court -state court (Summary by Volokh) Mark Walters alleged that ChatGPT generated false and defamatory information about him. | N.D. Georgia 1:23-cv-03122 Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, 23-A-04860-2 | Brown (federal court) Cason (state court) | Defamation | Georgia Superior Court Order granting Summary J. to OpenAI (5/19/25): “Walters has not identified evidence on which the jury could rely to find that he has met the ‘actual malice’ standard.” Federal court Denial of Walters’ motion for costs and attorneys fees after Google withdrew its motion for removal (6/28/24) Complaint filed (6/2/23) |