Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Midway Games, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 27, 2002No. 3:00CV2247(JBA)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruling on Motions to Dismiss
[Doc. #25 & # b-3]
AETERTON, District Judge.
On November 22,1997, thirteen-year-old Noah Wilson died when his friend, identified as Yancy S., stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife. Noah’s mother, Andrea Wilson, filed this suit against Midway Games, Inc., alleging that at the time Yan-cy stabbed Noah, Yancy was addicted to a video game manufactured by Midway called Mortal Kombat, and that Yancy was so obsessed with the game that he actually believed he was the character Cyrax.
Wilson claims that Midway’s design and marketing of Mortal Kombat caused her son’s…
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