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September 27, 2003

$100 million videogame lawsuit could become class action

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Two boys, aged 16 and 14, took a rifle and shot at a moving car on the highway killing one man and injuring another. Why? They said they were inspired by a scene in the videogame Grand Theft Auto. Now the attorneys are out and smelling “blood money” for the victims and considering a class action lawsuit. The article aptly points out: Interestingly, we’ve yet to see any sign of Thompson’s righteous fury being turned upon the manufacturer of the rifle used in the killing, or indeed upon the parents of the boys - who must have been directly responsible for giving the children access to the M-rated game (the US equivalent of an 18 rating), the rifle and ammunition, and the unsupervised time in which to use them. Law and common sense are having less and less to do with each other these days. Hmm.

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