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ROCCAFORTE v. NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 01-CA-210.

802 So.2d 764 (2001)

Gerald ROCCAFORTE, Sally Roccaforte and Gerald "Joey" Roccaforte v. NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell H. Gauthier, Elizabeth C. Dougherty, Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Richard C. Trahant, Metairie, LA, Counsel for Gerald Roccaforte, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Howard Daigle, Jr., James L. Bradford, III, Seale, Daigle & Ross, Covington, LA, Counsel for Nintendo of America, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, MARION F. EDWARDS and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.

CHEHARDY, Judge.

This is a personal injury suit arising out of epileptic seizures triggered by the playing of video games. Plaintiffs are Gerald and Sally Roccaforte and their son, Gerald "Joey" Roccaforte. In 1994 Joey, an avid video-game player, suffered a cluster of violent seizures while playing video games. Plaintiffs filed suit under the Louisiana Products Liability Act against video game manufacturer Nintendo of America, Inc. and two video rental companies...

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