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+---
+id: SRC-FLORIDA-AG-OPENAI-CIVIL-2026
+title: Florida Attorney General press release announcing civil suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman (June 1, 2026)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Official Florida Attorney General announcement of a first-in-the-nation state civil action against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over alleged deceptive practices and user harms.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+  - public-policy
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Florida Attorney General press release announcing civil suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman (June 1, 2026)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida
+- Publication date: 2026-06-01
+- Source type: Official government press release
+- URL: https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/attorney-general-james-uthmeier-files-first-nation-state-led-lawsuit-against-openai-ceo
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+Official press release. Use for the announcement date, the Attorney General’s characterization of the suit, and the statement that a separate criminal investigation into the Florida State University shooting remained ongoing. Prefer the filed complaint for counts and parties. Advocacy framing in quoted remarks is not a finding of liability.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-FLORIDA-V-OPENAI`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-FLORIDA-AG-OPENAI-CRIMINAL-2026
+title: Florida Attorney General press release announcing criminal investigation of OpenAI (Apr. 21, 2026)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Official announcement that Florida’s Office of Statewide Prosecution opened a criminal investigation into whether OpenAI bears responsibility for ChatGPT’s role in the April 17, 2025 Florida State University shooting.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+  - public-policy
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Florida Attorney General press release announcing criminal investigation of OpenAI (Apr. 21, 2026)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida
+- Publication date: 2026-04-21
+- Source type: Official government press release
+- URL: https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/attorney-general-james-uthmeier-launches-criminal-investigation-openai-chatgpt
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+Official press release. Primary for the existence and announced scope of the investigation and for the described subpoena categories. Not a charging instrument, indictment, or finding of criminal liability. Treat quoted characterizations of ChatGPT as the Attorney General’s allegations.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-JOSHI-V-OPENAI`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-FLORIDA-V-OPENAI-COMPLAINT
+title: Florida v. OpenAI Global, LLC, Complaint (Fla. 10th Cir. Ct. June 1, 2026)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Florida Attorney General civil complaint against OpenAI entities and Sam Altman alleging FDUTPA violations, negligence, product-liability, fraudulent misrepresentation, and public nuisance.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+  - digital-rights
+  - public-policy
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Florida v. OpenAI Global, LLC, Complaint (Fla. 10th Cir. Ct. June 1, 2026)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Department of Legal Affairs
+- Publication date: 2026-06-01
+- Source type: State court complaint (PDF)
+- URL: https://www.myfloridalegal.com/sites/default/files/openai-filed-stamped-complaint.pdf
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+Official Attorney General-hosted file-stamped complaint, E-Filed June 1, 2026 (Filing # 249302659) in the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Highlands County, Florida. Primary source for parties, counts, and alleged facts. Allegations are unverified. The PDF caption leaves the case number blank; use the official press release for the announcement and later docket entries for the assigned number. Do not reproduce alleged chatbot transcripts or methods of self-harm discussed in the pleading.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-FLORIDA-V-OPENAI`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
+- `TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-JOSHI-V-OPENAI-COMPLAINT
+title: Joshi v. OpenAI Foundation, Complaint (N.D. Fla. May 10, 2026)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Wrongful-death and product-liability complaint alleging that ChatGPT assisted planning of the April 17, 2025 Florida State University shooting that killed Tiru Chabba.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+  - digital-rights
+  - intermediary-liability
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Joshi v. OpenAI Foundation, Complaint (N.D. Fla. May 10, 2026)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Vandana Joshi (plaintiff filing)
+- Publication date: 2026-05-10
+- Source type: District court complaint (PDF)
+- URL: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.542644/gov.uscourts.flnd.542644.1.0.pdf
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+RECAP copy of the original complaint in No. 4:26-cv-00222 (N.D. Fla., Tallahassee Division). Primary source for parties, claims, and alleged facts. Allegations are unverified. This page concerns a mass shooting and a minor’s survivors; do not reproduce alleged chatbot transcripts or operational details of the attack.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-JOSHI-V-OPENAI`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
+- `TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-LYONS-V-OPENAI-COMPLAINT
+title: Lyons v. OpenAI Foundation, Complaint (N.D. Cal. Dec. 29, 2025)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Federal wrongful-death complaint by the estate of Stein-Erik Soelberg alleging that ChatGPT validated paranoid delusions before a Greenwich murder-suicide.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+  - digital-rights
+  - intermediary-liability
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Lyons v. OpenAI Foundation, Complaint (N.D. Cal. Dec. 29, 2025)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Emily Lyons (plaintiff filing)
+- Publication date: 2025-12-29
+- Source type: District court complaint (PDF)
+- URL: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.461878/gov.uscourts.cand.461878.1.0.pdf
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+RECAP copy of the original complaint in No. 3:25-cv-11037 (N.D. Cal.). Primary source for parties, counts, and alleged facts. Allegations are unverified. Do not reproduce alleged chatbot transcripts or details of the deaths.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-LYONS-V-OPENAI`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
+- `TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-LYONS-V-OPENAI-MTD-2026
+title: Lyons v. OpenAI Foundation, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss or Stay (N.D. Cal. Apr. 13, 2026)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Northern District of California order denying OpenAI’s Colorado River motion to dismiss or stay Lyons in favor of the related Adams state-court action, and reciting the February 2026 California coordination of twelve ChatGPT product-liability cases.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+  - digital-rights
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Lyons v. OpenAI Foundation, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss or Stay (N.D. Cal. Apr. 13, 2026)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Chief Judge Richard Seeborg)
+- Publication date: 2026-04-13
+- Source type: District court order (PDF)
+- URL: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.461878/gov.uscourts.cand.461878.42.0.pdf
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+RECAP copy of the April 13, 2026 order in No. 25-cv-11037-RS. Primary authority for the Colorado River ruling and for the court’s recitation that a February 3, 2026 petition coordinated twelve California state actions against ChatGPT, including the Adams estate suit. Not a merits finding of liability or causation.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-LYONS-V-OPENAI`
+- `CASE-IN-RE-CHATGPT-PRODUCT-LIABILITY`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
+- `TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-NLR-CHATGPT-JCCP-2026
+title: National Law Review, California Superior Court Consolidates Product Liability Actions Against OpenAI (May 20, 2026)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Secondary legal journalism describing In re ChatGPT Product Liability Cases, JCCP No. 5431, and situating it among Garcia and Joshi.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# National Law Review, California Superior Court Consolidates Product Liability Actions Against OpenAI (May 20, 2026)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Thomas R. Waskom, Hunton Andrews Kurth (National Law Review)
+- Publication date: 2026-05-20
+- Source type: Secondary legal journalism
+- URL: https://natlawreview.com/article/california-superior-court-consolidates-product-liability-actions-against-openai
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+Reputable secondary commentary. Use to corroborate the JCCP caption and number and the description of the coordinated theories. The article misstates Joshi’s district as the Middle District of Florida; the complaint is in the Northern District. Prefer court filings for captions, dates, and holdings. The page footer records a later republication date of August 27, 2026.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-IN-RE-CHATGPT-PRODUCT-LIABILITY`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-RAINE-V-OPENAI-COMPLAINT
+title: Raine v. OpenAI, Inc., Complaint (Cal. Super. Ct. S.F. Cnty. Aug. 26, 2025)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Wrongful-death and product-liability complaint alleging that ChatGPT’s GPT-4o design contributed to the April 11, 2025 suicide of 16-year-old Adam Raine.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+  - digital-rights
+  - first-amendment
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Raine v. OpenAI, Inc., Complaint (Cal. Super. Ct. S.F. Cnty. Aug. 26, 2025)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Matthew Raine and Maria Raine (plaintiff filing)
+- Publication date: 2025-08-26
+- Source type: State court complaint (PDF)
+- URL: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/raine-vs-openai-et-al-complaint.pdf
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+Journalist-hosted copy of the original San Francisco Superior Court complaint later docketed as CGC-25-628528. Primary source for original claims and parties. Allegations are unverified. Later amended pleadings and the JCCP 5431 coordination control for operative posture. This page concerns a minor’s death; do not reproduce alleged chatbot transcripts or methods of harm. Replace with a court-hosted or RECAP original when available.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-RAINE-V-OPENAI`
+- `CASE-IN-RE-CHATGPT-PRODUCT-LIABILITY`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
+- `TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-TJLP-JCCP-5431-2026
+title: Tech Justice Law Project update on ChatGPT JCCP No. 5431 (Feb. 3, 2026)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Counsel update stating that California coordinated multiple GPT-4o product-liability actions as ChatGPT Product Liability Cases, JCCP No. 5431, in San Francisco Superior Court.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - artificial-intelligence
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Tech Justice Law Project update on ChatGPT JCCP No. 5431 (Feb. 3, 2026)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Tech Justice Law Project
+- Publication date: 2026-02-03
+- Source type: Counsel case update
+- URL: https://techjusticelaw.org/updates/case-update-chatgpt-product-liability-litigation-coordinated-in-california-jccp/
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+Self-reported update by plaintiffs’ counsel in constituent ChatGPT product-liability cases, including Raine. Use for the JCCP number (5431), the ChatGPT Product Liability Cases caption, and the statement that actions from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Alameda, and San Diego were centralized in San Francisco. Corroborate coordination date and the existence of twelve coordinated state actions with the Lyons federal order. Add the signed coordination-order PDF as a primary source when a stable URL is captured.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-IN-RE-CHATGPT-PRODUCT-LIABILITY`
+- `CASE-RAINE-V-OPENAI`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
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+---
+id: SRC-WALTERS-V-OPENAI-SJ-2025
+title: Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C., Order Granting Summary Judgment (Ga. Super. Ct. Gwinnett Cnty. May 19, 2025)
+type: source
+status: draft
+summary: Gwinnett County Superior Court order granting OpenAI summary judgment on a ChatGPT hallucination defamation claim.
+tags:
+  - source
+  - case
+  - first-amendment
+  - artificial-intelligence
+  - digital-rights
+sources: []
+relationships: []
+last_verified: "2026-09-03"
+---
+
+# Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C., Order Granting Summary Judgment (Ga. Super. Ct. Gwinnett Cnty. May 19, 2025)
+
+## Bibliographic Metadata
+
+- Author or issuing body: Superior Court of Gwinnett County, State of Georgia (Judge Tracie Cason)
+- Publication date: 2025-05-19
+- Source type: State court order (PDF)
+- URL: https://lawrpg.org/2025/ai-and-the-law/cases/walters/walters-summary-judgment-order.pdf
+- Archive URL: None recorded
+- Access date: 2026-09-03
+
+## Reliability Notes
+
+Hosted copy of the e-filed order in Civil Action No. 23-A-04860-2, stamped May 19, 2025 by the Gwinnett County Clerk. Primary authority for the three independent grounds of summary judgment. Replace with a clerk-hosted or RECAP original when available. Trial-court order; not appellate precedent.
+
+## Used For
+
+- `CASE-WALTERS-V-OPENAI`
+- `TOPIC-AI-HARM-LITIGATION`
+- `TOPIC-AI-LITIGATION`