Grindr Should Face Suit Over Death of Child App User, Judge Says

Grindr failed to persuade a magistrate judge it can shake wrongful death and negligence claims from the family of a minor who died of a self-inflicted gunshot after using the LGBTQ+ app.

The court should allow most of the family’s claims to proceed, Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale, of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, recommended Tuesday. The family’s complaint alleges “facts making plausible that Grindr’s conduct was a ‘substantial factor’ in producing” their child’s suicide or other injuries, Barksdale said in a report and recommendation to Judge Marcia Morales Howard.

The unnnamed mother and ...