Post: Sony Gets Sued By U.S. Navy Pilot!
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05-12-2011, 05:01 AM
#1
ARVINLOCOx
Who’s Jim Erased?
U.S. Navy F-18 Fighter Pilot Sues Sony
Sony and the PS3 have been quite popular in the media and the courts lately and it seems there is no let up on that situation either, as a former U.S. Navy F-18 Fighter Pilot named John Ryan McLaughlin, has decided to sue Sony, Bethesda and Zenimax, claiming their game Elder Scrolls Oblivion caused him to have a seizure, which resulted in him breaking a bone and losing his job, here is a quote from the source
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SAN DIEGO (CN) – A former Navy pilot claims the video game “Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls IV” gave him a grand mal seizure that caused him to lose his flight status. John Ryan McLaughlin says he was playing the game when its strobe lights gave him “a grand mal seizure for the first time in his life,” causing excruciating pain and breaking a bone.
McLaughlin, a former F-18 pilot, says the seizures caused him to permanently lose his flying status.
The game is made by lead defendant Bethesda Softworks, of Rockville Md. McLaughlin also sued its corporate parent, Zenimax Media, and Sony Computer Entertainment, which makes the Playstation 3 system on which he was playing the game when he was affected, on March 28, 2010.
McLaughlin says the seizures were caused by the defective product: “The product was so designed that it exceeded the upper acceptable limit of more than 3 flashes over a 1 second period, as well as acceptable spatial pattern and luminance flash limits. These risks were not made known to the plaintiff and/or an ordinary consumer prior to the time of purchase.”
He says, “The defective and dangerous condition of the product, and that it was unsafe for the use and purpose for which it was intended when used by certain consumers as recommended, was expected and reasonably anticipated by the defendants, and each of them, or in the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care should have been known and discovered by defendants, and each of them.”
He seeks punitive and damages for negligence, breach of warranty, and product liability. He is represented by Dennis Minna of Santa Ana.
Similar problems were reported in Japan in 1997, when fast, repetitive strobelike effects in the “Pokemon” cartoon series were blamed for sending hundreds of children to hospitals with seizures and seizure symptoms.
McLaughlin, a former F-18 pilot, says the seizures caused him to permanently lose his flying status.
The game is made by lead defendant Bethesda Softworks, of Rockville Md. McLaughlin also sued its corporate parent, Zenimax Media, and Sony Computer Entertainment, which makes the Playstation 3 system on which he was playing the game when he was affected, on March 28, 2010.
McLaughlin says the seizures were caused by the defective product: “The product was so designed that it exceeded the upper acceptable limit of more than 3 flashes over a 1 second period, as well as acceptable spatial pattern and luminance flash limits. These risks were not made known to the plaintiff and/or an ordinary consumer prior to the time of purchase.”
He says, “The defective and dangerous condition of the product, and that it was unsafe for the use and purpose for which it was intended when used by certain consumers as recommended, was expected and reasonably anticipated by the defendants, and each of them, or in the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care should have been known and discovered by defendants, and each of them.”
He seeks punitive and damages for negligence, breach of warranty, and product liability. He is represented by Dennis Minna of Santa Ana.
Similar problems were reported in Japan in 1997, when fast, repetitive strobelike effects in the “Pokemon” cartoon series were blamed for sending hundreds of children to hospitals with seizures and seizure symptoms.
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05-14-2011, 03:01 PM
#47
stevenkelly91
Do a barrel roll!
Originally posted by Hurlie
If he's a Navy Pilot he can't have a "Medical Illness"
Get real noob, did you read the whole thing? It didn't warn him of anything that could cause a seizure, which it should've considering he said 3 flashes within 1 second. Which could EASILY put someone into shock or a seizure.
Get real noob, did you read the whole thing? It didn't warn him of anything that could cause a seizure, which it should've considering he said 3 flashes within 1 second. Which could EASILY put someone into shock or a seizure.
it said he was an former navy pilot he could have formed a medical condition and it has seizure warning all games do
05-14-2011, 05:42 PM
#48
F-WiekSon
U MAD BRO?
Originally posted by txlonghorn97
uhh i didnt even read your comment, and you dont seem like you have a brain or know shit about this, so chill out im just saying something you most likely googled to find out
Lol fcking idiot.. I shouldnt respond to this moron quote. I know more about it than u thats for sure.. And if you havvnt read the comment, wich u fcking quoted, then dont quote me fcking idiot. And then dont call people dumb before even reading it. geez
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