Meta Presses for Further Consolidation of Pixel Healthcare Litigation
Meta “takes no position” on whether plaintiff Jane Doe’s privacy action against defendant telehealth provider Hey Favor should be stayed in light of its April 18 Chapter 11 filing (see 2304280021) or whether she should be permitted to file a…
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motion to sever her claims against Hey Favor, Meta wrote U.S. District Judge William Orrick for Northern California in San Francisco in a letter Friday (docket 3:23-cv-00059). She alleges Hey Favor knowingly and intentionally sent personally identifiable information about her medical history to Meta, TikTok and other social media platforms. Meta thinks “the most efficient path forward” is for the court to address Meta’s pending motion to sever, it told the judge. Jane Doe’s claims against Meta “are entirely encompassed by the claims” against Meta in the consolidated Meta Pixel healthcare litigation, it said. “Severing the claims against Meta here,” and consolidating them with the healthcare action, “will conserve party resources, promote judicial economy, and avoid conflicting results,” it said. “Severance and consolidation will cause no prejudice to the plaintiff here, as her claims will be promptly resolved as part of the overarching claims” in the healthcare action, it said.