Woman suing Google over directions that got her hit by a car

Standard Toaster · 01-06-2010 8:50am #1

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According to court documents, instead of finding a different route or walking safely away from traffic, she walked into the street and was (surprise!) struck by a car. Now she's suing Google for in excess of $100,000.

Defendant Google, through its "Google Maps" service provided Plaintiff Lauren Rosenberg with walking directions that led her out onto Deer valley Drive, a.k.a. State Route 224, a rural highway with no sidewalks, and a roadway that exhibits motor vehicles traveling at high speeds, that is not reasonably safe for pedestrians.

The Defendant Google expects uses of the walking map site to rely on the accuracy of the walking directions given….

As a direct and proximate cause of Defendant Google's careless, reckless, and negligent providing of unsafe directions, Plaintiff Laren Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway, and was thereby stricken by a motor vehicle…

And this is why there are instructions on shampoo bottles.
Pity it wasn't a Google Van that hit her.

PCPhoto · 01-06-2010 8:52am

they find ANYTHING to sue for over there (USA)

wonder did the google map tell her when to cross .... wait for the oncoming traffic ...now...... run !!...go go go....

cue bad AH joke...she hasnt a leg to stand on !!

Andrew33 · 01-06-2010 8:55am

Standard Toaster wrote: »

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And this is why there are instructions on shampoo bottles.
Pity it wasn't a Google Van that hit her.

:D:D Get that on "streetview"
No doubt the courts will find in her favour.

highnc · 01-06-2010 9:00am

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Pity it wasn't a Google Van that hit her.

...at least then they wouldn't have to blur her face!

01-06-2010 9:00am

Google maps usually says something like "warning this route may not have footpaths/be suitable for pedestrians" IIRC
So they shouldn't find in her favour, or so one hopes...

01-06-2010 9:04am

What a cock.

bonerm · 01-06-2010 9:22am

Google are adding chlorine to the gene-pool now? They really are the greatest company on earth.

Snowie · 01-06-2010 9:28am

words can not express what I'm thinking to be honest I dont have the vocabulary.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 01-06-2010 10:07am

What's the betting that she actually goes and wins the thing...

LD 50 · 01-06-2010 10:13am

I would have thought she would have sued the person that hit her. Would that make more sense. Apparently they didn't hit her hard enough.

WindSock · 01-06-2010 10:14am

The car must have had a powerful search engine

Nah, feck it. Can't be arsed with this one.

orourkeda · 01-06-2010 10:15am

watch out missus theres a car in your way

alwaysadub · 01-06-2010 10:25am

Do people not have any cop on these days.

orourkeda · 01-06-2010 10:26am

alwaysadub wrote: »

Do people not have any cop on these days.

Obviously not.

Plenty of cop out though.

Taco Corp · 01-06-2010 10:51am

bluewolf wrote: »

Google maps usually says something like "warning this route may not have footpaths/be suitable for pedestrians" IIRC
So they shouldn't find in her favour, or so one hopes...

She used her Blackberry, which didn't display this warning.

Standard Toaster · 01-06-2010 10:55am

Surley wrote: »

She used her Blackberry, which didn't display this warning.

Ah WELL THEN!
Sue away.....

Taco Corp · 01-06-2010 11:02am

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Ah WELL THEN!
Sue away.....

Would you be surprised if she won?

Standard Toaster · 01-06-2010 11:16am

No, it's the US, 'the greatest country in the world' :rolleyes:

And I bet she used Google to find her lawyer too.

the_monkey · 01-06-2010 12:08pm

Sad thing is this FOOL will probably win this case ...

Rothmans · 01-06-2010 12:23pm

Surley wrote: »

She used her Blackberry, which didn't display this warning.

Then shouldn't she be suing the company which made her phone (unless google made the Blackberry too! lol ) or maybe the driver?
In all fairness though it's her own fault for walking across a motorway.
Dumb b!tch tbh . . .

Rabies · 01-06-2010 12:38pm

She must have been distracted by the Ads By Google

Every hit makes you money

UrbanSea · 01-06-2010 12:44pm

God some people are stupid. When she saw the cars coming did she somehow think she wouldn't be hit because google had some sort of technology that deflected cars?Tit,I'm happy she was hit.