Lawyer Jay Edelson is seeking more than $1 billion in damages from OpenAI on behalf of 7 Tumbler Ridge victims' families, accusing the company of product liability, negligence, and aiding and abetting the shooting. The internal meeting where employees chose not to alert police is the centerpiece of the case — he wants juries to feel like they were in that room.
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Ryan Knutson walks through the geography and history of Tumbler Ridge — a town of 2,400 nestled between mountains, known for coal mining, wilderness retreats, and dinosaur fossils — before describing what happened there on February 10th. Van Rootzeler allegedly began at home, killing her mother and 11-year-old half-brother. She then drove about a mile to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. She shot 8 more people. Six died. One was a teacher's assistant. Five were students between the ages of 12 and 13. Van Rootzeler's body was later found by police; she had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A grade 9 student described being locked in a back room for three hours as sirens blared outside. British Columbia Premier David Eby described the tragedy as something that would 'reverberate for years to come.' It was only after the shooting that OpenAI reached out to Canadian law enforcement. [1] — Ryan Knutson "Tumbler Ridge: 8 shot, 6 killed at school: Jesse van Rootzeler allegedly killed her mother and half-brother at home, then shot 8 more peopl…" 18:29
Lawyer Jay Edelson, representing 7 Tumbler Ridge shooting victims' families, is seeking more than $1 billion in damages from OpenAI, including historic punitive damages.
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