Pedestrian Sues Google for Bad Directions Print
Wednesday, June 02 2010

A Los Angeles County resident is suing Google Inc. claiming it supplied unsafe directions that caused her to be injured by a motorist.
 
Lauren Rosenberg is seeking more than $100,000 in U.S. District Court in Utah after she used her phone to download walking directions from one end of Park City to the other.  According to the lawsuit, Google Maps led her to walk on a busy road without sidewalks that was "not reasonably safe for pedestrians."  Rosenberg is seeking compensation for unspecified "severe" injuries and lost wages, in addition to punitive damages.
 
Rosenberg also is suing the motorist she says hit her.
 
—Source:  The Wall Street Journal