Lauren Rosenberg Googled directions for walking while visiting Salt Lake City. The directions included a stretch of highway that has no sidewalk. She walked on it, got hit by a car, and is now suing Google. Is Google responsible for the accident, or should she have used common sense and not walked on a highway?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/197618/Google_Maps_Error.html
The Google made me do it!
ReplyDeleteOrbs, no one is responsible for their own idiotic behavior these days.
ReplyDeleteJust look at some of the warning labels on our products. For example, the warning on my candle/fireplace lighter "Warning: Extremely Flammable...." Boy is that a surprise!
Okay and now they need a warning label on diet Coke...a bulging can just flew out of the refrigerator, one end blew out hit me and the can bounced off me as well....I'm suing for someone to come over and clean up this mess! So there.
ReplyDeleteBeejay, you forgot to expound on the pain and suffering you are experiencing. I can send along the phone number of the JTI lawyers, Dewey, Cheetham and Howe.... or you could contact Jackie Childs. I'm sure you have a fortune coming your way!
ReplyDeleteFortunately, a lot of these really asinine lawsuits get thrown out. The ones that you hear winning the big awards are frequently reduced on appeal (the McDonald's coffee woman did NOT collect $2 million...I was called for jury duty one time and totally impressed a judge when I was able to tell him what happened on the appeal while they were questioning jurors).
ReplyDeleteOf course, the appeals don't inspire the same outrage so they don't get the media coverage.
Just to be clear, I hope the judge throws this one out with prejudice.
The lawyers who file these suits should be ashamed of themselves.
ReplyDeletePeople do such stupid things and expect someone else to pay for it. I sometimes think the lawyers have a lot to do with these lawsuits.
ReplyDeleteI drive a clunker...if the wheels fall off while I'm driving, can I sue somebody? (sarcasm)
ReplyDeleteI just thought about it...can't I sue Walmart for selling me this Diet Coke that froze (one can only) in MY refrigerator and then attacked me??? Can't I??? Can't I??? Sure I can...the next question is: will I win??? I doubt it and I don't deserver to win...it was an ACCIDENT. They didn't tell me not to freeze the coke, but come on, folks, you and I know better. Duh....
ReplyDeleteOops, 'deserve to win...'
ReplyDeleteBeejay, can't you sue yourself, and thus one of your insurers? You should sue your homeowners insurance company for letting you freeze the Diet Coke.
ReplyDeleteI'd suggest the obvious, sue Coca-Cola, but they probably have armies of attorneys.
No, Orbs, I sue GE for allowing the refrigerator portion of their appliance to freeze inside of just keep foods cold...
ReplyDeleteOh she knows she's not going to win. And her lawyer in the back of the mind probably knows that the case will get thrown out. But the whole aim is to settle for a chunk of change out of court. It is cheaper for Google to throw money at this ambulance chaser and his client than have to pay a lawyer to rake the bimbo over the coals in court.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, did logjam just inadvertently, though association or proximity or maybe even osmosis call beejay a bimbo??? Duck!
ReplyDeleteWhat are bad walking directions?
ReplyDeleteLeft, left, left, right, left, right, right, left left, right, right, right, left?
I'd have to jam his log if he did, kk!
ReplyDeleteBut I think he was talking about the woman who actually filed a suit, not me who is actually injured to the core by a defective can of Coca Cola!
Maybe you could sue the electric company that supplied the power that ran the refrigerator that froze the Diet Coke that almost took your eye out and physically and emotionally crippled you for life. It has probably even crippled you retroactively and caused damage in your past.
ReplyDeleteYes and the making of the freon...yep, them too...this is one hell of a lawsuit!
ReplyDeleteOrbs, I wasn't aware that she lives in the house that jack built?
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Beejay, don't even *think* about going near that log!!! :o
I'll try that again...
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