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Is Video Game Addiction Impacting You or Your Child?
July 2025 Update

Video games can offer entertainment and social connection. However, for some individuals—especially minors and young adults—excessive gaming can lead to serious health and behavioral issues.​

If you or a loved one has experienced negative effects from compulsive gaming, you may have questions about potential legal options. Below, we address common concerns related to video game addiction and associated lawsuits.

Frequently Asked Questions about Video Game Addiction Lawsuits

Do you Qualify for Compensation?

Think you might have a case? If you or your child played an excessive amount of video games and later experienced one or more of the illnesses or life events below, you could be eligible for significant compensation.

You May Qualify If:

  • You or your child is 22 years old or younger.

  • You have experienced negative effects from excessive gaming.

  • You played games such as FortniteRobloxMinecraftGrand Theft Auto VRainbow SixBattlefield, or Call of Duty.​

Health and Behavioral Impacts Linked to Excessive Gaming

  • ADHD/ADD

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Panic Disorder or Social Phobia

  • ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)

  • Anti-Social Disorder

  • Gamers Rage

  • Gamers Withdrawal

  • Hypertension

  • Dropped out of High School or College

  • ​Carpal Tunnel

  • Gamers Thumb

  • Computer Vision Loss/Computer
    Vision Syndrome

  • Trigger Finger

  • De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

  • Seizures

  • Tennis Elbow

  • Neck Sprain/Herniation

  • Changes in CT/MRI brain scans

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Effective Date: April 17, 2025

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