Kids Hooked on Video Games Prompt a Flurry of Lawsuits

Kushanel Donerson says her 14-year-old has played Call of Duty, NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto V and Roblox games so much over the past nine years that it led to brain damage, a stroke and seizures. Jaclyn Angelilli says her 9-year-old has been playing many of the same video games “at an increasing and uncontrollable pace” since age 6 and has been diagnosed with multiple psychiatric disorders.

The two mothers have joined a wave of lawsuits that accuse the video game industry of profiting from intentionally promoting mass addiction. The complaints have been stacking up since last year, ...