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  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview 
						
                                
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                                Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 02/16/2023 12:16 PM David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by S. Drew,Deputy Clerk




             1       ASHLEY M. SIMONSEN, SBN 275203
                       asimonsen@cov.com
             2       PHYLLIS A. JONES, pro hac vice
                       pajones@cov.com
             3       PAUL W. SCHMIDT, pro hac vice forthcoming
                       pschmidt@cov.com
             4       MICHAEL X. IMBROSCIO, pro hac vice forthcoming
                       mimbroscio@cov.com
             5       COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
                     1999 Avenue of the Stars
             6       Los Angeles, CA 90067
                     Telephone: 424.332.4800
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                     Attorneys for Defendants Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook
             8       Holdings, LLC, Facebook Operations, LLC, Facebook
                     Payments, Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC, Instagram,
             9       LLC, and Siculus, Inc.
           10                                      SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                                        FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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           12        Coordination Proceeding                                                       Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding
                     Special Title (Rule 3.550)                                                    No. 5255
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                     SOCIAL MEDIA CASES                                                            LASC Case No.: 22STCV21355
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                                                                                                   Judge: Carolyn B. Kuhl
           15        CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH, et al.                                             Dept: 12
           16                              Plaintiffs,                                             VERIFIED APPLICATION AND
                                                                                                   DECLARATION OF PAUL W. SCHMIDT
           17                   v.                                                                 TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE FOR
                                                                                                   DEFENDANTS META PLATFORMS, INC.,
           18        TIKTOK INC., BYTEDANCE, INC., and                                             FACEBOOK HOLDINGS, LLC, FACEBOOK
                     Does 1–100, Inclusive,                                                        OPERATIONS, LLC, FACEBOOK
           19                                                                                      PAYMENTS, INC., FACEBOOK
                                           Defendants.                                             TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, INSTAGRAM,
           20                                                                                      LLC, AND SICULUS, INC.
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                                                 VERIFIED APPLICATION AND DECLARATION OF PAUL SCHMIDT
                                                TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE FOR META DEFENDANTS - 22STCV21355