| Jones v MEAN LLC |
| 2025 NY Slip Op 04395 [240 AD3d 1395] |
| 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. 5.) |
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 another, 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 August 29, 2024. The order denied the motion of defendants-appellants to dismiss the amended complaint against them.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is reversed on the law without costs, the motion is granted and the amended complaint is dismissed against defendants-appellants.
Same opinion as in Patterson v Meta Platforms, Inc. ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d &mdash, 2025 NY Slip Op 04447 [4th Dept 2025]).
All concur except Bannister and Nowak, JJ., who dissent and vote to affirm in the same dissenting 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.