Torts/Personal Injury
Apr. 15, 2026
OpenAI federal wrongful death suit over chatbot role won't be halted
A federal judge declined to pause a wrongful death case against OpenAI, ruling that parallel state proceedings won't resolve all claims tied to a chatbot's alleged role in two deaths.
A federal judge refused to dismiss or stay a wrongful death lawsuit alleging ChatGPT played a role in a man killing his mother and then himself, clearing the way for the case to proceed alongside related state court litigation.
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg ruled that the overlap between the cases is not enough to justify abstention under the Colorado River doctrine. He found that differences in alleged harms -- including claims tied to third-party violence and suicide -- co...
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