Woman sues Google for bad directions after she stupidly walks down highway and gets hit by car

[meggers]

What's wrong? My OPINION that people have the right to sue, or that poor judgment of trespassing does not affect your liability.

Just because she has a right to sue after doing something stupid, doesn't mean it was the right thing to do. Liability SHOULD stop where laws begin to protect us. The law says she wasn't supposed to be walking down a highway.

If I have a sign that says no tresspassing, then by law I should not be sued if you decide to climb my fence & get mauled by my lil' Ricky. And trust me...he's waaaaay meaner than he looks...

[werblam]

I never said google was responsible, but if SHE feels they are responsible, then she has the right to take them to court.

Everyone has the right to sue, BUT at whose cost? Frivolous lawsuits have backed up our court system so bad that we cannot even get to the real cases. AND who pays for these cases - thats right you and me - the taxpayers. All we are saying here is to STOP BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE for your own mistakes. She was in the wrong and caused these inflications on herself. Everyone is responsible for their own actions.

Geesh, I really feel bad for my kids and grandkids. They are going to have to live in this world of morons long after I am gone....

[whatsfree4me]

So what...? You saying conservatives ARE? Huh?! Huh?! You want summa' dis?'

Umm...umm....I plead the fifth! I have gotten myself in enough trouble for one day.

I seriously doubt that anybody who would walk onto a highway because a little machine in her hand told her to do it, would even know what a voting booth is!

[loaslaen]

missing the point...yes I can sue for a hangnail...doesn't mean I will win...and doesn't mean I should win and doesn't mean I shouldn't be responsible for the complete waste of time and money that was spent suing someone for my hangnail.

You are bringing up things where someone had a car break down or was on the side of the road. Those would be great things to debate...but neither are the situation with this story....and neither of which involve someone walking down the middle of the road.


As for does anyone have any business walking down middle of the highway...for your common situation where you are a pedestrian...it is illegal for you to walk down the middle of the highway.PERIOD. You can get cited for it. could there be some random extreme situation where they would see a justification for it...I'm sure there is. Google told me...isn't it.

You're missing the point, that this isn't about a hangnail. A hangnail doesn't cause $100,000 in hospital costs. And as far as the situation of the story, no one knows all the facts in this case. We don't know the reason she was walking this route, the exact location on the road, or what conditions led the driver to hit her.

And there's a reason that there are personal injury lawyers that specialize in pedestrian/driver cases, because people DO get hit by cars and sue. It's not anything new or "frivilous". The extreme situation might be her suing google, but if she feels that they were negligent and it led to her accident, then she does have the right to cite them. The driver is also cited, so it's not like she's placing full blame on google. The oddity is just her decision to sue them as well. If google wasn't mentioned, then this would just be any other lawsuit and wouldn't have made news, and no one would question her decision to sue the driver. She's only being criticized for including google in her lawsuit.

[kval07]

She's only being criticized for including google in her lawsuit.

False. She's being criticized because she's a flippin' idiot.

And that's being nice. Luckily, the filter between my brain and my fingers is working today.

If we all had to pay out of our pockets for the stupidity of others, morons would rule the world and we'd all be broke!

[CW&M Mom]

You're missing the point, that this isn't about a hangnail. A hangnail doesn't cause $100,000 in hospital costs. And as far as the situation of the story, no one knows all the facts in this case. We don't know the reason she was walking this route, the exact location on the road, or what conditions led the driver to hit her.

And there's a reason that there are personal injury lawyers that specialize in pedestrian/driver cases, because people DO get hit by cars and sue. It's not anything new or "frivilous". The extreme situation might be her suing google, but if she feels that they were negligent and it led to her accident, then she does have the right to cite them. The driver is also cited, so it's not like she's placing full blame on google. The oddity is just her decision to sue them as well. If google wasn't mentioned, then this would just be any other lawsuit and wouldn't have made news, and no one would question her decision to sue the driver. She's only being criticized for including google in her lawsuit.

It doesn't matter how much her injuries cost...they were caused by her stupidity. The only reason why we KNOW about this lawsuit is because she is suing google. However I think I have stated over and over and over that the driver of the car...is not at fault here. If she was on the side of the road where pedestrians are allowed to walk...this would be another story...but IT'S NOT.


I can feel Loslean...that you have made me cramp my fingers typing the same thing over and over...to your responses...which are completely lacking in common sense...among other things. You know what...I guess I need to see a hand doctor, or my chiro for that. Hey you know what...I'll just sue you...cause you know...YOU made me type responses over and over. Totally legit right .

[loaslaen]

It doesn't matter how much her injuries cost...they were caused by her stupidity. The only reason why we KNOW about this lawsuit is because she is suing google. However I think I have stated over and over and over that the driver of the car...is not at fault here. If she was on the side of the road where pedestrians are allowed to walk...this would be another story...but IT'S NOT.

She got hit trying to cross over to get to the side of the road with the walkway.

I can feel Loslean...that you have made me cramp my fingers typing the same thing over and over...to your responses...which are completely lacking in common sense...among other things. You know what...I guess I need to see a hand doctor, or my chiro for that. Hey you know what...I'll just sue you...cause you know...YOU made me type responses over and over. Totally legit right .

A pedestrian suing a driver for hitting them is not a frivolous lawsuit. It happens all the time. Citing Google is the only thing out of the ordinary. My problem is with comments that "she's an idiot" or "she asked/deserved it". The namecalling and judging and saying she's probably done this before. A stupid cramped finger is NOTHING like getting slammed by a car and receiving multiple bone fractures and six weeks of rehabilitation. I'm not the one downplaying her injuries and calling her stupid. If it makes you feels better to insult others, fine, but unlike what someone has said, I DO have empathy.

[rbunnymom]

Just because she has a right to sue after doing something stupid, doesn't mean it was the right thing to do. Liability SHOULD stop where laws begin to protect us. The law says she wasn't supposed to be walking down a highway.

If I have a sign that says no tresspassing, then by law I should not be sued if you decide to climb my fence & get mauled by my lil' Ricky. And trust me...he's waaaaay meaner than he looks...