If you’re stupid and you know it… sue Google!

Picture this… You need to get from point A to point B, and you are walking.  So, you pull out your smart phone, and ask Google maps to give you directions.  The directions given include a 1/2 mile walk down State Route <insert number here>.  Would any reasonable person choose to walk down the center of that road?

Well, one unreasonable person did.  Not surprisingly, this soon-to-be-victim of Natural Selection walked down the center of  a State Highway, and was struck by a car.  Her (allegedly) bloodsucking lawyer is now describing Google’s actions as “careless, reckless and negligent.” Full complaint here. I missed the part in that complaint where the fool plaintiff decided to walk down a highway, despite the absence of sidewalks or pedestrian paths or whatever you want to call them.

Look, I’m not callous.  I feel bad that she suffered “…sever permanent physical, emotional, and mental injuries, including pain and suffering.”  However, it’s her fault, not Google’s, that she couldn’t figure out it might be a bad idea to go strolling down the middle of the highway.  Besides, what kind of lawyer would take this case?  Chasing ambulances much, counselor?

We all know that Google maps and Mapquest have a little error in them, right?  To the plaintiff: take some responsibility for your own actions.  You did something stupid; we all have. Don’t blame Google for your idiocy.  You’re lucky you lived through this – learn from it.

**Just to cover my bases…. I am not trying to imply that plaintiff’s attorney is, in actuality, undead.  The terms ‘bloodsucker’ and ‘ambulance chaser’ were carelessly, recklessly and negligently taught to me as a child by society.  Accordingly, if counselor takes offense to these phrases, I welcome them to sue the deepest pockets they can find that are even tangentially related to me or those terms. I, of course, am not responsible for my own words.

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