| Jones v MEAN LLC |
| 2025 NY Slip Op 04392 [240 AD3d 1394] |
| July 25, 2025 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Wayne Jones, Individually and as Administrator of the
Estate of Celestine Chaney, Deceased, Respondent, v MEAN LLC et al., Defendants, and Alphabet, Inc., et al., Appellants. (Appeal No. 2.) |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington D.C. (Eric A. Shumsky, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., New York City, Webster Szanyi LLP, Buffalo and Perkins Coie LLP, New York City, for defendants-appellants Alphabet, Inc., and others.
Tycko & Zavareei LLP, Washington, D.C. (Glenn E. Chappell, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), Everytown Law, New York City and Law Offices of Bonner and Bonner, San Rafael, California, for plaintiff-respondent.
Hogan Lovells Us LLP, New York City (Jasmeet K. Ahuja of counsel), for Chamber of Progress, Engine Advocacy and Wikimedia Foundation, amicus curiae.
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York City (Daniel M. Sullivan of counsel), for Products Liability Advisory Council, amicus curiae.
Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, P.C., Buffalo (Isabella S. Jankowski of counsel), for Center for Democracy and Technology, amicus curiae.
Appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Paula L. Feroleto, J.), entered March 18, 2024. The order denied the motions of defendants-appellants to dismiss the complaint against them.
It is hereby ordered that said appeals are unanimously dismissed without costs.
Same opinion as in Patterson v Meta Platforms, Inc. ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d &mdash, 2025 NY Slip Op 04447 [4th Dept 2025]). Present—Lindley, J.P., Curran, Bannister, Smith and Nowak, JJ.