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Women gets hit by car, sues Google

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2010...rbaddirections

:haha::haha::haha::haha:

Woman sues Google over Utah walking directions

SALT LAKE CITY – A pedestrian who says she was injured by a motorist while following an online walking route has filed a lawsuit claiming Google Inc. supplied unsafe directions.

Lauren Rosenberg filed a lawsuit seeking more than $100,000 on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Utah. It also names a motorist she says hit her.

Rosenberg, a resident of Los Angeles County, says she used her phone in January to download walking directions from one end of Park City to the other.

Google Maps led her to walk on a busy road without sidewalks that was "not reasonably safe for pedestrians," according to the lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles County resident.

"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," the lawsuit states.

Rosenberg is seeking compensation for unspecified "severe" injuries and lost wages in addition to punitive damages. The lawsuit provided no further information on her age or residence.

Rosenberg couldn't be reached Tuesday. Her attorneys, Allen and Tyler Young of Provo, did not return messages.

Google spokeswoman Diana Adair did not return messages from The Associated Press.

The court papers didn't explain why Rosenberg walked along state Route 224 instead of choosing streets with sidewalks.

On its version for computers, Google Maps suggests one alternative for Rosenberg's route. It also highlights a disclaimer: "Use caution — This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths."

The mobile version of Google Maps, however, does not come with that warning.

It has the singular form of "woman" in the news article yet you still screwed it up.

Maybe she should have some common sense. If she see's there's no sidewalk and it's not safe to walk on cause it's too close to traffic then don't fucking use that street.

anything for a quick buck man

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Originally Posted by DsZ24 (Post 6973890)

Maybe she should have some common sense. If she see's there's no sidewalk and it's not safe to walk on cause it's too close to traffic then don't fucking use that street.

Sadly, common sense is not common!

I'm sure google must already have a 'terms of use' liability release in place...but who knows

Welcome to the Excited States of America.

http://www.google.com/mobile/gmm/terms.html

Quote:

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL GOOGLE OR ANY THIRD PARTY WHO MAKE THEIR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE GOOGLE MAPS BE LIABLE TO ANY USER ON ACCOUNT OF THAT USER'S USE OR MISUSE OF GOOGLE MAPS. SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO PREVENT RECOVERY OF DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, (EVEN IF GOOGLE AND/OR A THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE PROVIDER HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON GOOGLE MAPS MADE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH GOOGLE MAPS, FROM INABILITY TO USE GOOGLE MAPS MADE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE GOOGLE MAPS, OR FROM THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF GOOGLE MAPS MADE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH GOOGLE MAPS (INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD PARTIES). SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING A FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

There is a version of this in Google Maps Mobile as well (at least on the WinMo version); it displays it the first time you install and run GMM, and you have to accept it to continue.

Darwin candidate right there

dumb cunt. she should go walk...into..traffic.

....oh wait...she already did.

she must be a blondy

Needs pics of this woman.

Pity that bitch lived.

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Originally Posted by Phil@rise (Post 6974073)

Darwin candidate right there

Darwin award fail. (or, Darwin award honorable mention by their nomenclature)

I don't know if that's a good thing or bad.

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Originally Posted by RX_Renesis (Post 6974194)

she must be a blondy

and you wonder why lawyers in the US makes so much $$

lol, same reasons mcdonalds coffee says hot beverage on the cup :rolleyes:

Even my pet ferret has more common sense than this woman.

but i thought anything goes in america

god bless the USA... HAHAHA

nowadays it seems people need precise instructions to replace their brains for just about everything.

Google told me to canoe across the pacific ocean and i died.
I want to sue google.