On June 30, 2022 a Party Notice was filed involving a dispute between Arroyo Christal, Arroyo Heriberto, Christina Arlington Smith Individually And As Successor-In-Interest To Lalani Walton Deceased, Heriberto Arroyo Individually And As Successor-In-Interest To Arriani Jaileen Arroyo Deceased, Smith Christina Arlington, Williams Jessica, and Alphabet Inc, Alphabet Inc., Bytedance Inc., Google Llc, Tiktok Inc., Youtube Llc, for Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) in the District Court of Los Angeles County.
September 21, 2023
June 30, 2022
Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction)
Pending
ALPHABET INC Defendant
ALPHABET INC Non-party
ALPHABET INC. Defendant
ARROYO CHRISTAL Plaintiff
ARROYO HERIBERTO Plaintiff
AYERS CHRISTOPHER L. Attorney For Defendant
AYERS CHRISTOPHER L. Attorney For Plaintiff
BELL LAUREN Attorney For Non-party
BERGAMAN MATTHEW Attorney For Plaintiff
BERGMAN MATTHEW P Attorney For Plaintiff
BLAVIN JONATHAN HUGH Attorney For Non-party
BYTEDANCE INC. Defendant
CHIOU CHRISTOPHER C Attorney For Defendant
CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON DECEASED Plaintiff
CREED JESSE Attorney For Plaintiff
DAVIS ADAM S. Attorney For Plaintiff
DAVIS LUCY R. Attorney For Plaintiff
DRAKE GEOFFREY M. Attorney For Defendant
DRAKE GEOFFREY M. Attorney For Plaintiff
EGLI GABRIEL P. Attorney For Non-party
EGLI MEGAN M. Attorney For Non-party
FACEBOOK PAYMENTS INC. Non-party
FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES LLC Non-party
FITERMAN AMY R. Attorney For Defendant
FITERMAN AMY R. Attorney For Plaintiff
FRANTZ JAMES PATRICK Attorney For Plaintiff
GARRETT LAURA R Attorneys for Plaintiffs
GARRETT LAURA R Attorney For Plaintiff
GOOGLE LLC Defendant
GOOGLE LLC Non-party
GRAMLING CHRISTOPHER P. Attorney For Non-party
GROVE SKYLAR BROOKS Attorney For Non-party
HALPERIN GREGORY L. Attorney For Non-party
HARDIN ASHLEY W. Attorney For Defendant
HARRIS TACARA D. Attorney For Defendant
HAZMAN LEXI J Attorney For Plaintiff
HERIBERTO ARROYO INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO ARRIANI JAILEEN ARROYO DECEASED Plaintiff
IMBROSCIO MICHAEL X. Attorney For Non-party
INSTAGRAM LLC Non-party
JONES PHYLLIS A. Attorney For Non-party
KUBLY ERICA M. Attorney For Plaintiff
LADDON TARIFA BELLE Attorney For Defendant
LADDON TARIFA BELLE Attorney For Plaintiff
LOEW KEVIN M. Attorneys for Plaintiffs
MATTERN DAVID P. Attorney For Defendant
META PLATFORMS INC. Non-party
MOSIER MARK W. Attorney For Non-party
MOSIER MARK W. Attorney For Plaintiff
PANISH BRIAN J. Attorney For Defendant
PANISH BRIAN J. Attorney For Plaintiff
PETROSINELLI JOSEPH G. Attorney For Defendant
PIERSON ANDREA R. Attorney For Defendant
PIERSON ANDREA R. Attorney For Plaintiff
RICE ROWLEY J. Attorney For Non-party
SCHMIDT PAUL W. Attorney For Non-party
SHOWALTER ANNIE Attorney For Defendant
SICULUS INC. Non-party
SIMONSEN ASHLEY Attorneys for Defendants
SIMONSEN ASHLEY Attorney For Non-party
SMITH CHRISTINA ARLINGTON Plaintiff
SNAP INC. Non-party
TELLER FAYE PAUL Attorneys for Defendants
TIKTOK INC. Defendant
WEIANT LYDIA A. Attorney For Defendant
WHITE LAUREN GALLO Attorneys for Defendants
WHITE LAUREN GALLO Attorney For Non-party
WILLEN BRIAN M. Attorney For Defendant
WILLEN BRIAN M. Attorney For Non-party
WILLIAMS JESSICA Plaintiff
XXVI HOLDINGS INC. Non-party
YOUTUBE LLC Defendant
YOUTUBE LLC Non-party
ZWANG-WEISSMAN YARDENA R. Attorneys for Defendants
Rose Ehler Attorney
Victoria Degtyareva Attorneys for Defendants
Laura Lopez Montero Attorney
Ariel Teshuva Attorneys for Defendants
David Koller Attorney
Matthew Blaschke Attorney
Albert Giang Attorney
Sydney Lottes Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Paul Kiesel Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Cherisse Cleofe Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Emily Henn Attorney
Bailey Langner Attorney
Samantha Machock Attorney
Kathryn Lanier Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Michael Akselrud Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Brooks Cutter Attorney
Jennifer Domer Attorney
Margot Cutter Attorney
Nicklas Akers Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Bernard Eskandari Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Matthew Donohue Attorney
Laura Lopez Attorney
Callie Davidson Attorney
Carmen Sobczak Attorney
James Wagstaffe Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Jeffrey Koncius Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Frank Busch Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Rosemarie Ring Attorneys for Defendants
Lexi Hazam Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Neal Roberts Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Frederick Schenk Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Amy Zumsteg Attorneys for Defendants
Howard Strong Attorney
Kristin Linsley Attorneys for Defendants
Michael Gurien Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Matthew Band Attorney
Kevin Levy Attorney
Stella Ruiz Attorney
Andrew Kramer Attorney
Alexander Schultz Attorney
Dean Kawamoto Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Phyllis James Attorney
Isaac Chaput Attorneys for Defendants
Beth Brinkmann Attorneys for Defendants
Paul Smith Attorney
Andrea Piras Attorney
Ashley Harris Attorney
Anne Murphy Attorney
Michael Weitz Attorney
Aelish Baig Attorney
Arthur Bryant Attorney
Perlette Jura Attorneys for Defendants
Bradley Hamburger Attorneys for Defendants
David Kramer Attorney
Amit Gressel Attorneys for Defendants
Emanuella Paulos Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Ansel Carpenter Attorney
Dennis Wilson Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Ann Mortimer Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Jason Kim Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Jeffrey Nelson Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Judith Jennison Attorneys for Plaintiffs
David Singer Attorneys for Defendants
Amy Gallegos Attorneys for Defendants
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1 PANISH | SHEA | BOYLE | RAVIPUDI LLP BRIAN J. PANISH, State Bar No. 116060 2 panish@psbr.law RAHUL RAVIPUDI, State Bar No. 204519 3 rravipudi@psbr.law JESSE CREED, State Bar No. 272595 4 jcreed@psbr.law 11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 700 5 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tel: (310) 477-1700 6 Fax: (310) 477-1699 7 MORGAN & MORGAN EMILY C. JEFFCOTT (admitted pro hac vice) 8 ejeffcott@forthepeople.com 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 2652 9 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tel: (213) 787-8590 10 Fax: (213) 418-3983 11 BEASLEY ALLEN JOSEPH VANZANDT (admitted pro hac vice) 12 joseph.vanzandt@beasleyallen.com 234 Commerce Street 13 Montgomery, AL 36103 Tel: (334) 269-2343 14 Co-Lead and Co-Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs 15 16 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 17 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES – SPRING STREET COURTHOUSE 18 COORDINATION PROCEEDING JUDICIAL COUNCIL COORDINATION SPECIAL TITLE [RULE 3.400] PROCEEDING NO. 5255 19 SOCIAL MEDIA CASES Lead Case No. For Filing Purposes: 20 22STCV21355 21 THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: Assigned for All Purposes to the Hon. Carolyn B. Kuhl, Department SSC-12 22 (Christina Arlington Smith, et al. v. TikTok Inc., et al., Case No. 22STCV21355) PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTION TO 23 DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF M.C. ex rel. Cramblet v. Meta Platforms, Inc., SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY 24 et al., Case No. 22STCV40543 25 J.P., et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., et al., Case No. 22STCV26778 26 J.S., et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., et al., Case 27 No. CV2022-1472 28 PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTION TO DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY 1 Plaintiffs respectfully object to Defendants’ Notice of Supplemental Authority filed on or about 2 September 20, 2023, as violative of Rule 8.254 related to New Authorities. Defendants’ Notice contains 3 excessive argument that is improper under the Rule and is particularly inappropriate given that Plaintiffs 4 have no opportunity to respond and the argument overstates the applicability of NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta, 5 No. 5:22-cv-08861-BLF (N.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2023), ECF No. 74, to the case at bar. The Court should 6 disregard Defendants’ argument, or in the alternative, Plaintiffs’ respectfully request an opportunity to 7 respond to Defendants’ argument. 8 9 DATED: September 21, 2023 PANISH | SHEA | BOYLE | RAVIPUDI LLP 10 11 12 Brian J. Panish Rahul Ravipudi 13 Jesse Creed 11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 700 14 Los Angeles, CA 90025 15 Tel.: (310) 477-1700 panish@psbr.law 16 rravipudi@psbr.law jcreed@psbr.law 17 Emily Jeffcott 18 MORGAN & MORGAN 19 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 2652 Los Angeles, CA 90071 20 Tel.: 213-787-8590 Fax: 213-418-3983 21 ejeffcott@forthepeople.com 22 Joseph G. VanZandt 23 BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES, LLC 24 234 Commerce Street Montgomery, AL 36103 25 Tel.: 334-269-2343 Joseph.VanZandt@BeasleyAllen.com 26 27 28 1 PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTION TO DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY 1 Paul R. Kiesel Mariana A. McConnell 2 Cherisse H. Cleofe KIESEL LAW LLP 3 8648 Wilshire Boulevard 4 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Tel.: 310-854-4444 5 Fax: 310-854-0812 kiesel@kiesel.law 6 mcconnell@kiesel.law cleofe@kiesel.law 7 8 Christopher L. Ayers SEEGER WEISS LLP 9 55 Challenger Road Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 10 Tel.: 973-639-9100 11 Fax: 973-679-8656 cayers@seegerweiss.com 12 Matthew Bergman 13 Laura Marquez-Garrett SOCIAL MEDIA VICTIMS LAW CENTER 14 1390 Market Street, Suite 200 15 San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel.: 206-741-4862 16 matt@socialmediavictims.org laura@socialmediavictims.org 17 Brooks Cutter 18 CUTTER LAW P.C. 19 401 Watt Avenue Sacramento, CA 95864 20 Tel.: 916-290-9400 Fax: 916-588-9330 21 bcutter@cutterlaw.com 22 Thomas P. Cartmell 23 WAGSTAFF & CARTMELL LLP 4740 Grand Avenue Suite 300 24 Kansas City, MO 64112 Tel.: 816-701-1100 25 tcartmell@wcllp.com 26 Amy Eskin 27 SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL KONECKY LLP 28 2000 Powell Street Suite 1400 2 PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTION TO DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY 1 Emeryville, CA 94608 Tel.: 415-421-7100 2 Fax: 415-421-7105 aeskin@schneiderwallace.com 3 4 Kirk Goza GOZA & HONNOLD, LLC 5 9500 Nall Avenue, Suite 400 Overland Park, KS 66207 6 Tel.: 913-386-3547 Fax: 913-839-0567 7 kgoza@gohonlaw.com 8 Rachel Lanier 9 THE LANIER LAW FIRM, P.C. 2829 Townsgate Road, Suite 100 10 Westlake Village, CA 91361 11 Tel.: 713-659-5200 Rachel.Lanier@LanierLawFirm.com 12 Sin-Ting Mary Liu 13 AYLSTOCK, WITKIN, KREIS & OVERHOLTZ, PLLC 14 17 E Main St #200 15 Pensacola, FL 32502 Tel.: 850-202-1010 16 mliu@awkolaw.com 17 Marc J. Mandich SOUTHERN MED LAW 18 2762 B M Montgomery Street, Suite 101 19 Homewood, AL 35209 Tel.: 205-564-2741 20 Fax: 205-649-6346 marc@southernmedlaw.com 21 Kelly McNabb 22 LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, 23 LLP 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 24 San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Tel.: 415-956-1000 25 kmcnabb@lchb.com 26 Jonathan D. Orent 27 MOTLEY RICE LLC 40 Westminster St., 5th Fl. 28 Providence RI 02903 3 PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTION TO DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY 1 Tel.: 401-457-7723 Fax: 401-457-7708 2 jorent@motleyrice.com 3 Ruth Rizkalla 4 THE CARLSON LAW FIRM, PC 1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 500 5 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Tel.: 254-526-5688 6 Fax: 254-526-8204 rrizkalla@carlsonattorneys.com 7 8 Frederick Schenk CASEY GERRY SCHENK FRANCAVILLA BLATT 9 & PENFIELD, LLP 110 Laurel Street 10 San Diego, CA 92101-1486 11 Tel.: 619-238-1811 Fax: 619-544-9232 12 Fschenk@cglaw.com 13 Co-Lead, Co-Liaison, and Leadership Counsel for Plaintiffs 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTION TO DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 3 At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. My business address is 8648 Wilshire 4 Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2910. 5 On September 21, 2023, I served true copies of the following document(s) described as 6 PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTION TO DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY on the interested parties in this action as follows: 7 BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE VIA CASE ANYWHERE: In accordance with the Court’s 8 Order Authorizing Electronic Service requiring all documents to be served upon interested parties 9 via the Case Anywhere System. 10 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 11 Executed on September 21, 2023, at Beverly Hills, California. 12 13 14 Sylvia Mendoza 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PROOF OF SERVICE