State of Tennessee v. META Platforms Inc., et al.

Summary

A Tennessee state court jury heard opening statements on July 27th in a closely watched trial over claims from the states attorney general that Instagrams parent company Meta ignored risks of harm to minors from the popular photo-sharing social media platform.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: State of Tennessee
Defense: Meta Platforms Inc.

Judge: Russell Perkins
Jurisdiction: Davidson County Chancery Court
Court: Davidson County Chancery Court

Case Number: 23-1364-IV
Industry: Government, Communications
Practice Area: Negligence

Plaintiff

State of Tennessee

Defense

Meta Platforms Inc.

Lay Witnesses

Expert Witnesses

Live Sessions

Live/Upcoming (times are updated as information becomes available)

Session links become active around 15 minutes before scheduled start time

			Description	Start Time
			State of Tennessee v. META Platforms Inc., et al. 08/10/2026 PM	01:20 PM CDT

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On Demand

Sessions are uploaded each evening and are available on demand the next morning

			Description	Start Time
		4h 7m 1s	State of Tennessee v. META Platforms Inc., et al. 08/10/2026 AM	08:05 AM CDT

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Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

PM Session

Other

5 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:05:25	General Case Activities
		00:18:45	Break
		00:26:27	General Case Activities
		01:04:50	End of Session

JUL

AM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

PM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JUL

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

AUG

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:45	Break
00:57:35	General Case Activities
01:06:30	Opening Statement	Skrmetti, Jonathan
01:09:40	Opening Statement	Cartmell, Thomas
02:36:00	Break
02:55:02	Opening Statement	Cooper, Robert
02:56:30	Opening Statement	Huff, Kevin
03:54:15	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Huff, Kevin
00:59:33	General Case Activities
01:01:59	Break
01:18:01	General Case Activities
01:32:22	Break
01:41:55	General Case Activities
01:53:39	Witness Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
03:21:14	General Case Activities
03:30:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:54:00	Break
01:00:28	Witness Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
02:18:30	Break
02:41:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
03:38:50	General Case Activities
03:41:33	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
01:24:22	Break
01:42:32	Witness Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
03:18:02	General Case Activities
03:24:47	Break
03:26:52	General Case Activities
03:28:59	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:53:05	Break
00:59:18	General Case Activities
01:09:38	Witness Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
02:02:52	General Case Activities
02:05:15	Break
02:30:49	Witness Cross Examination	Parkinson, Alex	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
04:13:44	General Case Activities
04:22:27	End of Session

State of Tennessee v. META Platforms Inc., et al.

Summary

Live Sessions

Live/Upcoming (times are updated as information becomes available)

On Demand

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:03:07	Break
01:07:52	Witness Cross Examination	Parkinson, Alex	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
02:31:32	Break
02:51:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Bejar, Arturo	In Person
04:09:50	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:20	Witness Direct Examination		Kilstein, Darius	Video Recording
00:34:12	Witness Direct Examination	Scarcello, Lindsey	Raskin, Aza	In Person
01:39:12	General Case Activities
01:40:17	Break
01:54:32	General Case Activities
02:12:00	Witness Direct Examination	Scarcello, Lindsey	Raskin, Aza	In Person
02:21:42	Witness Cross Examination	Paul, Ana	Raskin, Aza	In Person
02:42:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Scarcello, Lindsey	Raskin, Aza	In Person
02:51:32	Witness Direct Examination		Jayakumar, Vaishnavi	Video Recording
03:28:02	General Case Activities
03:31:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:38:18	Break
00:45:29	General Case Activities
00:47:13	Witness Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Boland, Brian	In Person
02:17:53	Break
02:35:03	Witness Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Boland, Brian	In Person
03:30:08	General Case Activities
03:40:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:48:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Cartmell, Thomas	Boland, Brian	In Person
01:01:55	Break
01:18:40	Witness Direct Examination		Jayakumar, Vaishnavi	Video Recording
02:10:00	General Case Activities
02:15:20	Witness Cross Examination		Jayakumar, Vaishnavi	Video Recording
02:57:45	Witness Direct Examination	Janssen, Matthew	Kennedy, Richard	In Person
03:26:50	General Case Activities
03:28:23	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:48:11	Witness Direct Examination	Janssen, Matthew	Kennedy, Richard	In Person
01:36:58	Break
01:48:56	General Case Activities
01:59:55	Witness Direct Examination	Janssen, Matthew	Kennedy, Richard	In Person
02:04:03	Witness Cross Examination	Horvitz, Kevin	Kennedy, Richard	In Person
02:42:38	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Janssen, Matthew	Kennedy, Richard	In Person
02:47:40	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Horvitz, Kevin	Kennedy, Richard	In Person
02:48:38	Witness Direct Examination	Phelps, Brian	Jimenez, Shayli	Video Recording
03:30:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:41	General Case Activities
00:08:21	Witness Cross Examination		Jimenez, Shayli	Video Recording
00:34:17	Witness Direct Examination	Phelps, Brian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
01:18:01	Break
01:35:35	Witness Direct Examination	Phelps, Brian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
02:40:06	Break
02:56:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Phelps, Brian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
03:23:51	General Case Activities
03:26:28	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:30:13	Break
00:36:36	Witness Direct Examination	Phelps, Brian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
01:37:58	General Case Activities
01:42:08	Witness Direct Examination	Phelps, Brian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
02:22:23	Break
02:39:34	Witness Cross Examination	Smith, Lillian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
03:44:35	General Case Activities
04:09:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:23:04	Break
00:44:49	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Phelps, Brian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
01:55:47	General Case Activities
02:03:35	Break
02:19:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Phelps, Brian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
02:33:16	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Smith, Lillian	Hunt, Dr. Melissa Ph.D.	In Person
03:22:54	Witness Direct Examination		Troxel, Natalie	Video Recording
03:50:09	Break
03:58:36	General Case Activities
04:20:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:48:10	Break
01:07:15	Witness Direct Examination	Janssen, Matthew	Leistra-Jones, Dan	In Person
02:12:00	Break
02:31:34	Witness Cross Examination	Parkinson, Alex	Leistra-Jones, Dan	In Person
04:01:42	End of Session