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- Real Judge Agrees with Judge Carton in 'Google Map Slave' Case
- The Day's Three Burning Legal Questions
| Real Judge Agrees with Judge Carton in 'Google Map Slave' Case | Top |
| Just over a year ago, Judge Carton considered the case of Lauren Rosenberg, who sued Google after she was hit by a car while following walking directions provided by Google Maps on her cell phone. In an ongoing series of posts here at LBW called Judge Carton Rules, a fake judge issues rulings to spare the parties to cases in which the outcome is obvious the time and expense of further litigation. In her lawsuit, Rosenberg alleged that her Google Maps BlackBerry application told her to walk along a dangerous highway with no sidewalks to get from one Park City, Utah, address to another, that she slavishly followed this instruction, and, shocker, she was hit by a car while doing so. In his my wisdom, Judge Carton ruled that Google's "future motion to dismiss is hereby GRANTED and the plaintiff is forbidden from using any type of smartphone with Internet access for a period of 60 months. In addition, the plaintiff is hereby ORDERED to watch the video below within the next 30 days, and certify to this court that she has done so." Perhaps because Judge Carton's rulings are not technically binding, Salt Lake County District Court Judge Deno... | |
| The Day's Three Burning Legal Questions | Top |
| Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: These software "end user license agreements" are just so godawful boring. Why can't some company spice these up a bit by having an Academy Award-winning thespian do a dramatic reading of their EULA? Answer: Done. (CNET, Richard Dreyfuss reads the iTunes EULA) (via Lowering the Bar) 2) Question: My license plate is just a tad crooked. Is this a problem? Answer: Your call, but sometimes when a motorist is pulled over for a crooked license plate, police will end up using a Taser on them 6 to 10 times. (ABC4 News, Bountiful City settles taser lawsuit) (via Bad Lawyer) 3) Question: I saw your post last week on Things You Can't Do on a Plane. What about wearing saggy pants that expose your boxer shorts a bit -- can you do that on a plane? Answer: Absolutely not! (Associated Press, Saggy pants leads to college football player's arrest) | |
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