Meta settled a lawsuit brought by Kentucky’s Breathitt County School District over alleged social media-related harms to teens’ mental health. YouTube, Snap, and TikTok also settled similar claims brought by the same school district seeking payment to cover costs of addressing those harms. The next trial was scheduled to begin in June as the first bellwether trial in federal multidistrict litigation involving claims from school districts, state attorneys general, and individuals against social media platforms. Similar bellwether cases are proceeding in California state court, with an initial case recently held. Bellwether trials are intended to provide jury-informed guidance for settlement negotiations across remaining cases. Settlement terms were not disclosed.
"After back-to- back losses in trials grappling with its impact on teens' mental health, Meta just settled what was supposed to be its next legal battle with Kentucky's Breathitt County School District. Google's YouTube, Snap, and TikTok all recently settled similar claims brought by the school district, which was seeking payment from the companies to cover the cost of combatting social media-related mental health harms."
"The trial had been set to begin in June as the first bellwether trial of the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) cases, which include claims from school districts, state attorneys general, and individuals against the social media platforms. It's similar to the group of cases making their way through a California state court in Los Angeles, where the first bellwether case in that group was recently held. The idea is that trying a sampling of cases before juries will inform settlement negotiations for the broader bucket of remaining cases."
"The terms of the settlement with Breathitt County School District were not disclosed, but plaintiffs' attorneys Lexi Hazam, Previn Warren, Chris Seeger and Ronald Johnson said in a statement, "our focus remains on pursuin"
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