A lawsuit has been filed against the developers of Fortnite by the Quebec parents claiming that the game has gotten their’s and many other children addicted to it as the kids refuse to eat or shower to spend more time with the game.
A Canadian Supreme Court judge has authorized a case to be filed against Epic Games that accuses the company’s product to be illegally addicting children to neglect their daily tasks to make more time to play the game.
According to BBC, the judge, namely Justice Sylvain Lussier was approached by three parents who informed her of their kids stopped eating, sleeping, and showering in light of their addiction to Fortnite. “The court concludes that there is a serious issue to be argued, supported by sufficient and specific allegations as to the existence of risks or even dangers arising from the use of Fortnite,” the judge ruled.
Soon afterward, the parent’s legal counsel compared Fortnite to Tobacco. They claimed that their lawsuit against Epic Games is largely based on the “tobacco motion”.”Our motion was heavily inspired by the tobacco motion just in terms of what we were alleging,” lawyer Alessandra Esposito Chartrand said, according to the Global News report.
During the conclusion of the last hearing, the court believed that Fortnite cannot be equated to Tobacco. The judge found no compelling evidence that suggests the developers deliberately developed a game that was addictive but he did add that the fact the Epic Games were aware of the addictive nature.
“The court finds that there is no evidence for these allegations of the deliberate creation of an addictive game,” the judge wrote. “This does not exclude the possibility that the game is in fact addictive and that its designer and distributor are presumed to know it.”
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