The case is so blatantly frivolous it should have been thrown out. Nobody should have to spend legal fees defending claims that they're responsible for somebody killing themselves over saying "come home to me".

That's definitely your opinion, I can't say I agree and you oddly took the messages out of context while insisting they already were.

Do you know what a motion to dismiss is, by the way?

Won't they get those fees back if dismissed or if the plaintiff doesn't prevail?

My understanding is that this is generally not the case in the US.

That would explain much. I'm not a USA citizen.