The parents of former Activision employee Kerri Moynihan have asked a court to drop a wrongful death lawsuit that they filed in March against the company.
The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleged that harassment Moynihan suffered at the company contributed to her 2017 suicide, which took place during a corporate retreat at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. But Axios reports that Moynihan’s parents requested on May 6 that the suit be dropped “with prejudice,” preventing them from filing the same action again. No reason was given for the request, and neither side of the case commented on the move to Axios.
Moynihan’s story was referenced heavily in a California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit against Activision Blizzard filed last July, though her name was not made public at that time. “We are sickened by the reprehensible conduct of the DFEH to drag into the complaint the tragic suicide of an employee whose passing has no bearing whatsoever on this case and with no regard for her grieving family,” Activision Blizzard said in a statement issued shortly after that lawsuit was filed.
In addition to the DFEH lawsuit, Activision still faces a number of lawsuits from shareholders and a reported SEC investigation surrounding the company’s alleged failure to share material information surrounding employee misconduct. A separate lawsuit into the company by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was controversially settled for $18 million last September.
