IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:22-md-03047

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation, Class Action

Judge:

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

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November 14, 2023
Social Media MDL Judge Allows Parents' Negligence Claims

A California federal judge on Tuesday ordered Meta and other social media companies in multidistrict litigation to face negligence claims that the tech giants purposely addict and harm young people after ruling that certain features of the platforms, such as image filters, could be treated like products.
November 13, 2023
School Attys Seek Table Seat In Social Media Addiction MDL

At least five firms and attorneys are asking a California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing tech giants of injuring young people's mental health to appoint them to leadership roles to help represent the interests of school districts or local government entities that have lodged suits against the companies.
October 27, 2023
Social Media MDL Judge Asks: Can Mental Harm Be Physical?

The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation on Friday wondered why the addiction that social media platforms like Meta's Facebook and Instagram are alleged to cause to teenagers' mental health can't be considered physical.
August 16, 2023
Social Media Cos. Say CDA Blocks Mental Health Claims

The companies behind Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snap are urging a California federal court to throw out claims in multidistrict litigation alleging their sites are responsible for negative mental health effects, saying the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment block the claims.
July 26, 2023
Parents Say Social Media MDL Attacks Conduct, Not Content

Parents who are alleging in multidistrict litigation that social media platforms — such as Facebook, SnapChat and YouTube — use algorithms that cause addiction and other mental health problems in teens told a California federal judge Tuesday that they're targeting the platforms' behavior, not content protected under federal law.
July 05, 2023
Personal Injury, Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2023

Pretrial proceedings for E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against former President Donald Trump and a California Supreme Court case over whether employers can be sued for "take-home COVID" claims are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following in the second half of 2023.
July 05, 2023
Social Media Claims Try To 'Create New Tort Law,' Cos. Say

The parent companies of social media platforms such as Facebook, SnapChat and YouTube recently told a California federal court that claims the algorithms on their platforms cause addiction and other mental health problems are unprecedented and no court has ever allowed them.
July 05, 2023
Product Liability Cases To Watch: 2023 Midyear Report

A challenge to a decades-old decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve an abortion drug has ramifications for product liability cases involving federal agency decisions, and the first talc trial since Johnson & Johnson placed a subsidiary in bankruptcy may influence whether other claimants opt to accept an $8.9 billion settlement.
June 29, 2023
Cos. Argue Social Media Immunity From Mental Health Claims

The companies behind Facebook, YouTube and other social media platforms are urging a California federal court to throw out claims in multidistrict litigation seeking to hold them liable for harm to young users, saying the claims are barred by federal law granting immunity to the publishers of third-party content online, as well as the First Amendment.
May 24, 2023
Social Media MDL's Bold Theory Echoed In US Health Alert

A high-profile warning from the federal government's top doctor about social media harming America's youth echoes core components of sprawling litigation targeting Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other platforms, including a controversial theory that could substantially broaden the boundaries of personal injury law.