Rejecting an appeal by video game makers and sellers, the Alabama Supreme Court has kept alive a $600 million lawsuit blaming "Grand Theft Auto" for the murders of the three-person night shift at a rural police department. A lawyer for the victims' families said the decision sets the stage for what could be the nation's first trial over killings blamed on video games. Defense attorneys blamed Devin Moore's actions in part on the hours he spent playing video games from the "Grand Theft Auto" game series.
March 31, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Rejecting an appeal by video game makers and sellers, the Alabama Supreme Court has kept alive a $600 million lawsuit blaming “Grand Theft Auto” for the murders of the three-person night shift at a rural police department.
A lawyer for the victims’ families said the decision sets the stage for what could be the nation’s first trial over killings blamed on video games, perhaps as early as January.
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