A Woman Is Suing Google For This? Seriously?

Autocar reports:

A woman who was hit by a car after walking on a highway in Los Angeles is suing Google.

Lauren Rosenberg claims she looked up a walking route on Google Maps on her Blackberry on 19 January last year.

The directions she was given included walking on a highway that has no pavement, but instead of seeking an alternate route she walked in the middle of the highway...

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Dustbuster - 6/3/2010 12:45:32 PM

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Since she already hired a lawyer, might as well sue her parents and teachers for not passing on/teaching her the smallest trace of common sense. I hope she gets fined for jaywalking and for being an idiot.

pennfootball - 6/3/2010 1:22:11 PM

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Darwin at his best!

rob9193 - 6/3/2010 1:41:57 PM

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are people getting dumber?

Steve - 6/3/2010 2:15:12 PM

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"Stupid is as stupid does." -- Forrest Gump

gkearns56 - 6/3/2010 2:59:33 PM

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Why doesn't the court system make people like this pay for frivolous law suits. This reminds me of that stupid lady who sued McDonald's when she spilled coffee on her thighs (SHE placed the coffee in a "restricted zone").

TCLA - 6/3/2010 3:00:43 PM

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Not too competent if she thought it okay to walk on a highway. Dumb bitch!

Shredmo - 6/3/2010 3:23:31 PM

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This actually happened in Park City, Utah on Utah State Route 224.

truckman - 6/4/2010 5:34:54 AM

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She is abusing the system, I hope she loses.

truckman - 6/4/2010 5:34:54 AM

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She is abusing the system, I hope she loses.

AgentOrange - 6/4/2010 4:51:02 PM

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This would have been a great Boston Legal script.