Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago

Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago

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  • RaivoKulli
    8•1 year ago

    I’d say municipality/landowners, Google and the driver themself.

    Municipality, land owners for not marking it, fixing it, making sure nobody mistakenly drives there. Google for routing him over it. Also the driver too for their part. Though not knowing the specifics it’s hard to say how much responsibility everyone has exactly but I’d say most of it lies on the municipality/landowners. Depending on who is supposed to mark those things over there.

      • Echo Dot
        10•1 year ago

        Not necessarily. Firstly because I don’t actually think there is any requirement that maps are 100% accurate, Google never a claim made anywhere that they are flawless. Secondly because if the city / town / local authority hasn’t put up signs, it’s entirely possible that they haven’t informed map makers either.

        So map makers are not responsible for inaccuracies in their map, and even if they were responsible, they may not have been told.

        There’s levels of culpability and in this scenario Google seem to be right at the bottom, if on the list at all.

          • Echo Dot
            4•1 year ago

            I don’t think you know how the law works. Google are not legally required to have accurate maps.

            Ethically maybe (although even then it’s highly debatable), but not legally so, no, the lawsuit has no merit

            You randomly arguing the point doesn’t change reality

      • RaivoKulli
        1•1 year ago

        Not really. I think they have a part of the responsibility but as with previous similar cases, I don’t think they’ll see any legal consequences.