New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- LOS ANGELES - Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, settled a lawsuit brought by two teenagers on Monday, ending a case in which chief executive Evan Spiegel had been expected to testify about the app's design and safety practices. The agreement removes the last defendant from this particular proceeding without a jury deciding the teenagers' claims.

The plaintiffs, identified in court documents as S.J. and K.D.B., had already settled with Meta, TikTok and YouTube. Jury selection began last week, and opening arguments were expected this week. Financial terms of the Snap agreement were not disclosed.

The timing matters. This was not a settlement after jurors found Snap liable. Nor was it a ruling rejecting the teena...