Transfer Order Finalized in Social Media MDL; 153 Cases in Calif. Court

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation finalized conditional transfer order 29 (CTO-29) in In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, said a clerk’s order (docket 3047) Thursday. Guffey v. Meta Platforms et al (docket 0:24-cv-01025) was transferred from U.S. District Court for South Carolina. The JPML transferred 20 civil actions to the U.S. District Court for Northern California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings on Oct. 6, 2022. Since then, 133 additional actions have been transferred to the district and assigned to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, it said. The cases allege social media companies are responsible for a rise in mental health disorders among U.S. youth.