Hoi Kwong Yu v. Alibaba Group U.S., Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division HOI KWONG YU, et al., Case No. 23-cv-03009-RFL (LB)

Plaintiffs,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: ECF No. 75 & 76 ALIEXPRESS E-COMMERCE ONE PTE. LTD., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION Calvin Yu died in June 2020 in a fire allegedly caused by a malfunction in a 3D printer manufactured by defendant Shenzhen Tronxy Technology Co. and sold to the decedent via an online platform — operated by defendant AliExpress E-Commerce One — that allows buyers to buy products from sellers. His parents, on their own behalf and as successors to their son’s estate, sued the defendants for strict liability and negligence.1 Shenzhen Tronxy has not appeared. On January 10, 2025, one week before the deadline to complete document discovery, the plaintiffs and AliExpress filed two discovery letters, disputing (1) the defendants’ right to medical records and the decedent’s internet-browsing history, discovery that…