Graves Dougherty lawyers have handled numerous cases where a publisher, television station, record company or performer has been accused of having induced violent or "copycat" behavior that caused injury or death, including:

Davidson v. Time-Warner, 1997 WL 405907 (S.D. Tex. March 31, 1997) (dismissing on summary judgment claim that Tupac Shakur and record company could be blamed for shooting of state trooper by driver of stolen vehicle allegedly incited by Shakur's album 2Pacalypse Now)

Herceg v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 814 F.2d 1017 (5th Cir. 1987) (dismissing claim that Hustler was responsible for death of teenager who accidentally killed himself while allegedly imitating dangerous sexual practice described in magazine)