Meta & Children's Online SafetyMeta Children’s Online Safety Litigation
Consolidated ProceedingJCCP 5255
Current Status
- Active: the California state-court counterpart to MDL 3047, coordinating personal-injury cases against Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok before Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl in Los Angeles. - The first social-media-addiction verdict in the country was returned here: $6M against Meta and YouTube in K.G.M., 3/25/2026, now on appeal. - The April 2025 ordering put nine bellwether plaintiffs into three trial groups — Group 1: Heaven Moore, K.G.M., R.K.C.; Group 2: S.J., P.M.Y., K.D.B.; Group 3: Jaime Loach, I.P., Paul Kelly. - Trial calendar: S.J. and K.D.B. on 10/28/2026, the Trial Pool 3 plaintiffs on 3/16/2027, and the first cases out of the second discovery pool on 8/6/2027.
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Timeline (6)
— Petition for coordination submitted — JCCP 5255
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Source type not recordedPlaintiffs file a Notice of Submission of Petition for Coordination, beginning the process that will establish JCCP 5255.
— JCCP 5255 established — JCCP 5255
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Source type not recordedThe court grants coordination, lifts the lead case's “Coordination Pending” status and reassigns it to Department 11 at the Spring Street Courthouse under Judge David S. Cunningham III. The court's own case record dates JCCP 5255 from this day; plaintiffs file their notice of the ruling on 12/23/2022.
— Coordination trial judge assigned — JCCP 5255
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Source type not recordedThe court assigns Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl as coordination trial judge and moves the proceeding to Department 12, where it has stayed since.
— Bellwether trial groups and order established — JCCP 5255
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Source type not recordedThe court orders nine bellwether plaintiffs into three trial groups: 1a Heaven Moore, 1b K.G.M., 1c R.K.C.; 2a S.J., 2b P.M.Y., 2c K.D.B.; 3a Jaime Loach, 3b I.P., 3c Paul Kelly.
— Discovery Pool 2 selection order — JCCP 5255
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Source type not recordedThe court orders a second bellwether discovery pool of 24 cases, drawn at random by the claims administrator BrownGreer across injury categories including sleep disorder, suicide attempt, sexual grooming, body dysmorphia and eating disorders, plus two picks a side. If the pool falls below eighteen cases the court will draw replacements.
— Trial dates set for Trial Pool 3 and Discovery Pool 2 — JCCP 5255
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Source type not recordedThe court sets trial for 3/16/2027 for the three Trial Pool 3 plaintiffs and 8/6/2027 for the second discovery pool, now nineteen cases.