Settlement Near in Wrongful Death Suit Over Snapchat Speed Filter

Defendant Snap reached agreement with parents of teenagers whose deaths in a fiery May 2017 car crash were blamed on the Snapchat Speed Filter app to stay discovery in their litigation as they work to settle the case. The parties participated in an in-person mediation Feb. 14, “and have since reached an agreement in principle to resolve this case,” said their joint stipulation Tuesday (docket 2:19-cv-04504) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. They agree all discovery, depositions, discovery motion practice and pending discovery disputes “shall be stayed as of the filing date of this stipulation” to allow them to finalize a settlement agreement, it said. They agree “any currently noticed depositions shall not occur as scheduled and that no further depositions shall be noticed during this stay,” it said. The Snapchat Speed Filter let users capture how fast they were traveling, and enabled them to share their speeds with friends. Snap discontinued the feature in 2021.