B.D.
B.D. v. Blizzard Entertainment
Opinion
Opinion
Haller, J.
Filed 3/29/
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
B.D., a Minor, etc., et al., D078506 Plaintiffs and Respondents,
“ (Super. Ct. No. 37-2020-
BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 90020000-CU-BT-CTL)
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, John S. Meyer, Judge. Reversed with directions.
Greenberg Traurig, Jeff E. Scott, Robert J. Herrington and Dominic E. Draye for Defendant and Appellant.
Blood Hurst & O’Reardon, Timothy G. Blood, Leslie E. Hurst, Thomas J. O’Reardon II; Law Offices of Andrew J. Brown and Andrew J. Brown for Plaintiffs and Respondents. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (Blizzard) appeals from an order denying its motion to compel arbitration. B.D., a minor, played Blizzard’s online videogame “Overwatch,” and used “real money” to make in-game purchases of “Loot Boxes”—items that offer “randomized chances . . . to obtain desirable or helpful ‘loot’ in the game.” B.D. and his father (together, Plaintiffs) sued Blizzard, alleging the sale of loot boxes with randomized values constitutes unlawful gambling, and, thus, violates the Unfair Competition Law…