Lawyers Circle The Waters Hoping For Big Rewards As Google Prepares To Enter Driverless Car Market

Imagine a robot car with no one behind the wheel hitting another driverless car.

Who’s at fault?

The answer: No one knows. But plaintiff’s lawyers are salivating at the prospects for big paydays from such accidents. If computers routinely crash, they say, then so will cars operated by them. And with no one behind the wheel, lawyers say they can go after almost anyone even remotely involved.

“You’re going to get a whole host of new defendants,” said Kevin Dean, who is suing General Motors over its faulty ignition switches and Takata Corp. over airbag failures. “Computer programmers, computer companies, designers of algorithms, Google, mapping companies, even states. It’s going to be very fertile ground for lawyers.”
 

MDarringer - 12/23/2015 10:49:10 AM

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And I hope they sue with a vengeance. Autonomous/driverless cars = idiocy.

Agent009 - 12/23/2015 12:26:18 PM

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in the example given only Google is at fault. If injury occurs lord have pity on them.

It isn't a matter of if.. it is a matter of when

Sciros - 12/24/2015 11:20:18 PM

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Autonomous vehicles are the future in any country that isn't afraid to advance technologically. If it won't be the US, it'll be Japan or S Korea or Germany or whatever.

PUGPROUD - 12/24/2015 9:00:35 AM

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Lawyers believe their clients are innocent until they run out of money.

A prospective client asked a lawyer "What do you charge?" The lawyer says "$15,000 for three questions." "Isn't that a lot?" says the prospective client. "Yes" says the lawyer "What's your third question?"

What do you call 30 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start!

Feels good to get that off my chest.