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	Comments on: By reader acclaim: sues Google over map instruction	</title>
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		By: &#8220;It Wasn&#8217;t Me, Officer! It Was My GPS&#8221;		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[&#8220;It Wasn&#8217;t Me, Officer! It Was My GPS&#8221;]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[...] When drivers say faulty driving instructions caused their accident, should someone else have to pay? [Tom Vanderbilt, Slate] Earlier on the Google Maps pedestrian suit here. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] When drivers say faulty driving instructions caused their accident, should someone else have to pay? [Tom Vanderbilt, Slate] Earlier on the Google Maps pedestrian suit here. [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Richard Nieporent		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Nieporent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Question: Why does Laura Rosenberg cross the street?
Answer: So she can sue Google! 

&lt;i&gt;Apparently, Google Maps directed Rosenberg to cross the street, and she figured it was leading her to a sidewalk. Young says that it was dark outside, and there were no street lights, and Rosenberg had never been in the area before, so she was relying on Google to know where the sidewalks were at. She was, in fact, struck by Patrick Harwood&#039;s vehicle when she attempted to cross the street. There was no crosswalk.&lt;/i&gt;

She was hit crossing the street. How can that be Google&#039;s fault?  Does Google have to tell her to look both ways before crossing the street?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Question: Why does Laura Rosenberg cross the street?<br />
Answer: So she can sue Google! </p>
<p><i>Apparently, Google Maps directed Rosenberg to cross the street, and she figured it was leading her to a sidewalk. Young says that it was dark outside, and there were no street lights, and Rosenberg had never been in the area before, so she was relying on Google to know where the sidewalks were at. She was, in fact, struck by Patrick Harwood&#8217;s vehicle when she attempted to cross the street. There was no crosswalk.</i></p>
<p>She was hit crossing the street. How can that be Google&#8217;s fault?  Does Google have to tell her to look both ways before crossing the street?</p>
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		By: Jason Barney		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Barney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An update to the story at PCWorld indicates the plaintiff claims it was dark out and Google instructed her to cross the road, where she assumed there was a sidewalk.  Not that it matters a whole lot. 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/197752/woman_sues_google_over_bad_directions_update_it_was_dark.html]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An update to the story at PCWorld indicates the plaintiff claims it was dark out and Google instructed her to cross the road, where she assumed there was a sidewalk.  Not that it matters a whole lot. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/197752/woman_sues_google_over_bad_directions_update_it_was_dark.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.pcworld.com/article/197752/woman_sues_google_over_bad_directions_update_it_was_dark.html</a></p>
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		By: David Schwartz		</title>
		<link>https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/05/by-reader-acclaim-sues-google-over-map-instruction/comment-page-1/#comment-91394</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Schwartz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Either the risk was obvious or it was not. If it&#039;s obvious, Google could not have been expected to warn her of it -- did she expect them to tell her to look both ways before crossing the street? If it was not obvious, then the flaw is in the road and its design -- hazards to people walking along roads must always be obvious, otherwise a person with no source of guidance would be at risk of them.

There is simply no possible way this could conceivably by Google&#039;s fault. This is the perfect example of a nonsense lawsuit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Either the risk was obvious or it was not. If it&#8217;s obvious, Google could not have been expected to warn her of it &#8212; did she expect them to tell her to look both ways before crossing the street? If it was not obvious, then the flaw is in the road and its design &#8212; hazards to people walking along roads must always be obvious, otherwise a person with no source of guidance would be at risk of them.</p>
<p>There is simply no possible way this could conceivably by Google&#8217;s fault. This is the perfect example of a nonsense lawsuit.</p>
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		By: nevins		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nevins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Free advice is seldom cheap.  In this case she got what she paid for.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Free advice is seldom cheap.  In this case she got what she paid for.</p>
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		By: Todd Rogers		</title>
		<link>https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/05/by-reader-acclaim-sues-google-over-map-instruction/comment-page-1/#comment-91372</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Rogers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[paging Dr. Darwin, Dr. Charles Darwin - you&#039;re need in Utah.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>paging Dr. Darwin, Dr. Charles Darwin &#8211; you&#8217;re need in Utah.</p>
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		By: Joe		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Out of curiosity, did she specify in the directions request that she was walking and not taking a car?  There is that option.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Out of curiosity, did she specify in the directions request that she was walking and not taking a car?  There is that option.</p>
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