Sonia Nijjar

Sonia Nijjar is a partner at Neinstein LLP where she focuses on medical malpractice and mass tort litigation. She served two terms as chair of OTLA’s Medical Malpractice Section and is a frequent speaker and writer on medical-legal issues. Sonia is counsel for school boards across Ontario in a mass tort action against social medial companies Meta, TikTok and Snap.

Toronto District School Board v. Meta Platforms Inc, 2025 ONSC 1499

Written by Sonia Nijjar / Summaries / April 25, 2025

Full Decision In March 2024, four of the largest school boards in Canada commenced legal action against three social media companies: Meta (operating Instagram and Facebook); ByteDance (operating TikTok); and Snap (operating Snapchat). Each of the boards claim that these companies negligently designed their products to cause compulsive use amongst student-age children, resulting in widespread disruption to the education system. The boards also advance their …

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