On June 30, 2022 a Motion-Secondary 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.
August 17, 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 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP TARIFA B. LADDON (SBN 240419) 2 tarifa.laddon@faegredrinker.com DAVID P. KOLLER (SBN 328633) 3 david.koller@faegredrinker.com 1800 Century Park East, Suite 1500 4 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: (310) 203-4000 5 Facsimile: (310) 229-1285 6 KING & SPALDING LLP MATTHEW J. BLASCHKE (SBN 281938) 7 mblaschke@kslaw.com ALBERT Q. GIANG (SBN 224332) 8 blangner@kslaw.com 50 California Street, Suite 3300 9 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 318-1200 10 Facsimile: (415) 318-1300 11 Attorneys for Defendants TIKTOK INC. and BYTEDANCE INC. 12 [Additional Counsel on following page] 13 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 14 FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 15 IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding 16 ADDICTION. JCCP No.: 5255 – Social Media Cases 17 CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH, et al. LASC Case No.: 22STCV21355 18 Plaintiffs, [PROPOSED] ORDER RE SEALING 19 v. OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN PLAINTIFFS’ JULY 26, 2023 20 TIKTOK INC., BYTEDANCE, INC., and EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS Does 1–100, Inclusive, 21 Defendants. Complaint Filed: June 30, 2022 22 Cases Coordinated: December 22, 2022 23 24 25 26 27 28 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SEAL LOS ANGELES (PLAINTIFFS’ JULY 26, 2023 EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS) - JCCP 5255 1 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP ANDREA R. PIERSON (Admitted PHV) 2 andrea.pierson@faegredrinker.com 300 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2500 3 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Telephone: (317) 237-1424 4 Facsimile: (317) 237-1000 5 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP AMY R. FITERMAN (Admitted PHV) 6 amy.fiterman@faegredrinker.com 90 S. Seventh Street 7 2200 Wells Fargo Center Minneapolis, MN 55402 8 Telephone: (612) 766-7000 Facsimile: (612) 766-1600 9 KING & SPALDING LLP 10 GEOFFREY M. DRAKE (Admitted PHV) gdrake@kslaw.com 11 1180 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1600 Atlanta, GA 30309-3521 12 Telephone: (404) 572-4600 Facsimile: (404) 572-5100 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SEAL LOS ANGELES (PLAINTIFFS’ JULY 26, 2023 EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS) - JCCP 5255 1 Pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rules 2.550 and 2.551, and because the underlying 2 information related to the following materials was sealed by the Court’s July 27, 2023 Minute 3 Order 2 of 2 granting Defendants’ TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Inc.’s Motion to Seal (Defendants’ 4 Reply Regarding the Court’s Tentative Ruling on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Order Governing CSAM 5 Preservation) (“Sealing Order”), the Court hereby ORDERS that the following material shall be 6 permanently redacted from the public record: 1 7 Document Page, Paragraph, and/or Lines 8 Plaintiffs’ July 26, 2023 Evidentiary Objection No. 4: 9 Objections To Evidence Submitted p. 4, lines ~7-8 (starting from “TikTok” through 10 By Defendants In Connection With “Report”) (as conditionally sealed by Plaintiffs) 11 Their Reply Regarding The Court’s 12 Tentative Ruling On Plaintiffs’ Quoting portion of Declaration of James Gatlin in 13 Motion For Order Governing CSAM Support of Defendants’ Reply Regarding the Court’s 14 Preservation Tentative Ruling on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Order 15 (“Plaintiffs’ July 26, 2023 Evid. Governing CSAM Preservation (“Gatlin Decl. re Reply 16 Objs.”) re Tentative”) that was redacted by Sealing Order at 5. 17 Objection No. 5: 18 p. 4, lines ~22-23 (starting after “…because” through 19 “time”) (as conditionally sealed by Plaintiffs) Plaintiffs’ July 26, 2023 Evid. Objs. 20 21 Quoting portion of Gatlin Decl. re Reply re Tentative 22 that was redacted by Sealing Order at 5. 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 DATED: _______________ 25 Hon. Carolyn B. Kuhl 26 Judge of the Superior Court 27 1 28 Defendants TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Inc. respectfully submit this proposed order pursuant to the Court’s August 2, 2023 direction via Case Anywhere. FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 2 ATTORNEYS AT LAW [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SEAL LOS ANGELES (PLAINTIFFS’ JULY 26, 2023 EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS) - JCCP 5255 1 DATED: August 4, 2023 KING & SPALDING LLP 2 By: /s/ Matthew J. Blaschke Matthew J. Blaschke 3 KING & SPALDING LLP 4 MATTHEW J. BLASCHKE, SBN 281938 mblaschke@kslaw.com 5 BAILEY J. LANGNER, SBN 307753 blangner@kslaw.com 6 50 California Street, Suite 3300 San Francisco, CA 9411l 7 Tel.: 415-318-1200 8 KING & SPALDING LLP ALBERT Q. GIANG, SBN 224332 9 agiang@kslaw.com 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1600 10 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tel.: 213-443-4310 11 KING & SPALDING LLP 12 GEOFFREY DRAKE, pro hac vice gdrake@kslaw.com 13 1180 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1600 Atlanta, GA 30309 14 Tel.: 404-572-4600 15 16 DATED: August 4, 2023 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 17 By: /s/ David P. Koller 18 Tarifa B. Laddon 19 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 20 TARIFA B. LADDON, SBN 240419 tarifa.laddon@faegredrinker.com 21 DAVID P. KOLLER, SBN 328633 david.koller@faegredrinker.com 22 1800 Century Park East, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90067 23 Tel.: 310-203-4000 24 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 25 ANDREA R. PIERSON, pro hac vice andrea.pierson@faegredrinker.com 26 300 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2500 Indianapolis, IN 46204 27 Tel: 317-237-1424 28 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 3 ATTORNEYS AT LAW [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SEAL LOS ANGELES (PLAINTIFFS’ JULY 26, 2023 EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS) - JCCP 5255 1 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 2 AMY R. FITERMAN pro hac vice amy.fiterman@faegredrinker.com 3 90 S. Seventh Street 2200 Wells Fargo Center 4 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 766-7000 5 Facsimile: (612) 766-1600 6 Attorneys for Defendants TikTok Inc. and 7 ByteDance Inc. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 4 ATTORNEYS AT LAW [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SEAL LOS ANGELES (PLAINTIFFS’ JULY 26, 2023 EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS) - JCCP 5255 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 I, the undersigned, declare: I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within-entitled action. My 3 business address is 1800 Century Park East, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90067. 4 On August 4, 2023, I caused the following document(s) described below to be served on the interested party(ies) in this action as follows: 5 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE SEALING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN 6 PLAINTIFFS’ JULY 26, 2023 EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS 7 BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE (via electronic filing service provider): I caused 8 the documents to be electronically transmitted via Case Anywhere, at www.caseanywhere.com pursuant to the Court’s Order Authorizing Electronic 9 Service mandating electronic service to the addresses registered with the Case 10 Anywhere site. 11 12 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. Executed on August 4, 2023, at Los Angeles, California. 13 14 Lorena Lazheztter 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 5 ATTORNEYS AT LAW [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SEAL LOS ANGELES (PLAINTIFFS’ JULY 26, 2023 EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS) - JCCP 5255