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Case tracker · Child safety

Garcia v. Character Technologies, Inc.

Child safety

Settled

Filed Oct 22, 2024

AI system / company: Character.AI companion chatbot (and Google/Alphabet)
Jurisdiction: United States (Florida)
Court / regulator: U.S. District Court, M.D. Fla. (Orlando Division)
Status: Settled

What happened

Megan Garcia sued after her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III died by suicide following extended interactions with a Character.AI companion chatbot, alleging product liability, negligence, and wrongful death. A May 2025 ruling allowed most claims to proceed and declined to treat the chatbot's outputs as First Amendment-protected speech, treating the product as a 'product' for liability purposes. The case was reported settled in principle in January 2026 alongside related cases.

About child safety cases

Matters involving platforms or AI products exposing children to predators, explicit content, or illegal data collection (COPPA), and companion-AI harms to minors.

Sources

Attorneys who handle child safety cases

Anand Kumar Chavakula
Maryland
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Benjamin Edwin Calpino
Florida
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Laurel LaMontagne
District of Columbia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Ross Q. Panko
District of Columbia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Peter Andrew Koziol
Florida
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Timothy B. Hyland
Virginia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Related cases

State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Ruling issued)
State of Louisiana v. Roblox Corporation (Filed)
State of Florida v. Snap, Inc. (Filed)
United States v. TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Ltd. (COPPA) (Ongoing)

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Garcia v. Character Technologies, Inc.

Child safety

Settled

Filed Oct 22, 2024

AI system / company

Character.AI companion chatbot (and Google/Alphabet)

Jurisdiction

United States (Florida)

Court / regulator

U.S. District Court, M.D. Fla. (Orlando Division)

Status

Settled

What happened

About child safety cases

Matters involving platforms or AI products exposing children to predators, explicit content, or illegal data collection (COPPA), and companion-AI harms to minors.

Attorneys who handle child safety cases

Anand Kumar Chavakula
Maryland
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Benjamin Edwin Calpino
Florida
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Laurel LaMontagne
District of Columbia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Ross Q. Panko
District of Columbia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Peter Andrew Koziol
Florida
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Timothy B. Hyland
Virginia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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