Sheila Watters, Individually and as Administratrix, Estate of Johnny Burnett, Deceased v. Tsr, Inc., A/K/A Tsr Hobbies, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• describing a teenager who committed suicide as “a ‘devoted’ Dungeons and Dragons player who became absorbed by the game to the point of losing touch with reality”
• observing that “Kentucky law imposes a general duty on manufacturers and suppliers to warn of dangers known to them but not known to persons whose use of the product can reasonably be anticipated” (citing Garrison v. Rohm & Haas Co., 492 F.2d 346, 352 (6th Cir. 1974))
• manufacturer of “Dungeons &. Dragons” game held not negligent in marketing'the game to “mentally fragile persons” and the teenager’s suicide was an intervening_causel of his death
• role-playing Dungeons and Dragons game not a product

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).