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Woman sues Google after being hit by car
3news ^ | Mon, 31 May 2010 | Dan Satherley

Posted on 05/31/2010 6:14:09 AM PDT by Willie Green

A woman is suing Google for more than US$100,000 after following directions on Google Maps and being hit by a car.

Lauren Rosenberg, from Utah, using her Blackberry phone, followed the site's directions onto Deer Park Drive, which turned out to be a rural highway with no footpath.

Instead of looking for an alternative route, Rosenberg tried to follow the road for the half-mile Google Maps had suggested, but was hit by a passing vehicle.

"As a direct and proximate cause of defendant Google's careless, reckless and negligent providing of unsafe directions, plaintiff Lauren Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway, and was thereby stricken by a motor vehicle, causing her to suffer severe permanent physical, emotional and mental injuries," her lawsuit reads.

Google's mapping service states the directions service is a beta product – that is, in a state of development and not necessarily accurate – but this warning is not displayed on Blackberry phones.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: 2manylawyers; ohdear
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To: knarf

Imagine a GPS is handy for a truck driver (most times) if it does`nt get you in a mess

I`m still using a 1998 about wore out Rand Mcnallly for the road

Love the Garmin on my bass boat tho


21 posted on 05/31/2010 7:00:51 AM PDT by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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To: Willie Green

Thisis the problem with navigational software and systems. If the data or software has a problem at all and anyone is injured they will sue the manufacturer, even if they are to blame 100%.


22 posted on 05/31/2010 7:02:43 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Willie Green

Laura Rosenberg. What a shock.


23 posted on 05/31/2010 7:10:21 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Willie Green

Hit her again.


24 posted on 05/31/2010 7:14:01 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: jimtorr
I used to be THE map guy. As a firefighter, I made map books of my territory with all the hydrants and intakes for buildings marked, notations of places that had weak bridges or low overpasses, etc.

For traveling, I never buy a map anymore. The GPS routes are suggestions only. I find the GPS maps, though, to be more accurate than any of the paper maps, but I frequently modify the route because I prefer driving the smaller rural highways over the Interstate-centric GPS routes.

25 posted on 05/31/2010 7:20:32 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: BwanaNdege

Maybe the plaintiff should sue her parents for making her stupid.


26 posted on 05/31/2010 7:28:22 AM PDT by RangerM (A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel - Robert Frost.)
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To: Larry Lucido

She sounds like the kind of person who needs led around be a keeper.


27 posted on 05/31/2010 7:34:41 AM PDT by hal ogen ($10 (I think) amounts through the internet from all over the world.)
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To: RangerM; windcliff

LOL!


28 posted on 05/31/2010 7:41:58 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: Willie Green

The judge should require her to demonstrate how her blackberry explicitly instructed her to “next 2 miles, walk in front of moving traffic”.

I distrust and dislike Google for many reasons, but this I cannot get behind. This is probably why Google never actually promotes ANY product beyond “beta” (in the software industry we call it the “Google lifecycle”, hype -> beta -> discontinued).


29 posted on 05/31/2010 7:42:35 AM PDT by SwedishConservative
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To: SwedishConservative

Don’t Text while walking down the middle of the road. Check your tailtight, it may be out/
barbra ann


30 posted on 05/31/2010 8:19:25 AM PDT by barb-tex (REMEMBER NOVEMBER!!! Slim as it may be, it is our last hope.)
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To: DrC
Lawyers are a major drag on GDP. We could easily get by with half the number now in practice.

What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the sea?

A good start!

31 posted on 05/31/2010 8:27:13 AM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: Richard Kimball
.......I prefer driving the smaller rural highways.....

I agree, I do the same when I have a little confidence in the route. The problem comes when the GPS routes are hosed. Sometimes the suggestions can get you into trouble. That's where the map comes in. Either a paper map or a soft map.

I've recently started using GPS and maps on my new iPad. TomTom seems to provide the better routes, but the maps from MotionX GPS are much better.

32 posted on 05/31/2010 8:48:57 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Willie Green
Guess she or her lawyers never bothered to read Google's terms of use for its maps:

4. ... (a) Map data, traffic, directions, and related Content are provided for planning purposes only. You may find that weather conditions, construction projects, closures, or other events may cause road conditions or directions to differ from the map results. You should exercise judgment in your use of this Content.

6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY. (a) GOOGLE AND ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TELE ATLAS AND ITS SUPPLIERS) MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CONTENT OR THE PRODUCTS.

Ooops, this should probably get thrown out quickly, but you never with some US courts I suppose...
33 posted on 05/31/2010 10:27:55 AM PDT by battousai (The mainstream media; as honest as the French are clean.)
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To: Willie Green
plaintiff Lauren Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway

What? Google installed a ring in her nose and attached a chain to it...by which a Google employee could lead her around? Seems odd to me.

34 posted on 05/31/2010 1:04:04 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can only get smarter by engaging a smarter opponent.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
using her Blackberry phone, followed the site's directions onto Deer Park Drive, which turned out to be a rural highway with no footpath
Turns out it wasn't a blackberry phone, it was an *actual blackberry*. [old purloined joke alert, now that it's too late]

Not only should the case be thrown out, she should be blindfolded and pushed into heavy traffic.
35 posted on 05/31/2010 3:07:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Willie Green

If Google told you to jump off a bridge, would you?


36 posted on 05/31/2010 5:03:28 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (May 15: It's Jessica Watson Day!)
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