Articles Posted in Mass Torts

Online gambling and sports betting addiction lawsuits focus on whether major betting platforms knowingly designed their products to foster compulsive gambling and failed to protect vulnerable users. These cases are not about casual bettors who lost money on a few bad wagers. People do not have a viable claim simply because they lost money. Instead, these lawsuits involve individuals who lost control, suffered serious harm, and were pulled deeper into addiction by platforms that profited from that loss of control.

The problem driving these lawsuits is that millions of people, including a growing number of teenagers and young adults, have developed gambling addictions tied to online betting platforms such as DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, and others. For vulnerable users, especially those whose brains are still developing, online gambling addiction can be devastating. It often leads to overwhelming debt, depression, anxiety, academic or career collapse, family breakdown, and in some cases, suicidal thoughts or attempts.

Lawsuits now being filed across the country allege that online sportsbooks were not merely offering gambling, but were deliberately engineered to keep users betting longer, more frequently, and with less awareness of risk. These claims focus on features such as so-called “risk-free” promotions, in-game wagering, push notifications, VIP incentives, and weak age verification systems. According to the lawsuits, these were not accidental design choices. They were tools used to drive compulsive behavior, even after warning signs of addiction became clear.

Video game addiction lawsuits are gaining momentum as families and individuals come forward to seek accountability from gaming companies for the harm caused by gaming addiction. These cases focus on holding video game manufacturers accountable for exploiting vulnerable players, particularly minors and young adults, through intentionally addictive game designs. Gaming addiction has caused significant harm, including mental health struggles, social isolation, and financial strain, as companies prioritize profit over user safety.

Our attorneys examine the rise of video game addiction lawsuits and delve into key aspects such as the alleged failure to warn and the intentional design defects that make games like Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft, and Call of Duty so addictive.

While these lawsuits are still in their early stages, we focus on the heart of these cases: the significant injuries sustained by individuals and the potential settlement payouts, as financial compensation is central to resolving these civil claims. Below, we also explore updates on specific lawsuits, recent litigation trends, and eligibility criteria for filing a video game addiction lawsuit. We also look at the potential settlement value of these lawsuits if they play out as our lawyers expect.

The Cartiva toe implant is a synthetic cartilage device used to treat arthritis in the big toe. New evidence suggests that these implants are defectively designed and prone to failures that can result in pain, further surgery, and other injuries. Cartiva toe implant lawsuits are now being filed by individuals who experienced a premature failure of their implant.

We hoped to see Cartiva settlement payouts by 2025 as part of a global settlement. That has not happened. Unfortunately, this litigation is dragging on. But these lawsuits could reach a settlement at any time. You want to submit a case before that happens. So, if you have a claim, call us or another lawyer sooner rather than later.

Not many of these lawsuits have been filed.   But there are many more cases out there, and that is likely to change if there is no settlement soon. If you have a potential claim, call us today at 800-553-8082 or get a free consultation online.

Our firm’s national mass tort lawyers continuously monitor and track events in the various class action MDLs pending in the federal courts (MDL Docket #s). We track the volume of new cases being filed or transferred into each MDL every month, the trends or patterns in new case filings, and the status of bellwether trials, discovery, and other proceedings. And, of course, we track mass tort settlement amounts.

With a new year, we are starting to get a clearer picture of what we can expect in 2025 from the various mass tort MDLs, including those ready to grow and those ready to settle.

This post examines the hottest, biggest, and most compelling mass torts in 2025 (and 2026 as we have started but not finished the work of updating these pages)  If you click the individual links, we also project these settlement amounts.