According to the Associated Press, Lauren Rosenberg, a resident of Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Utah. The lawsuit names the motorist who hit her as she walked alongside a highway as well as Google Inc. for supplying unsafe directions.
Rosenberg says she used her phone in January to download walking directions from one end of Park City to the other. Google Maps led her to walk on a busy road without sidewalks that was “not reasonably safe for pedestrians,” according to the lawsuit filed by Rosenberg. Rosenberg claims she was led onto a dangerous highway and then struck by a motor vehicle.
Rosenberg’s lawsuit seeks more than $100,000 for compensation for unspecified “severe” injuries and lost wages in addition to punitive damages.
On computers, Google Maps provides a disclaimer to “Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths.” However, the mobile version of Google Maps, does not come with this warning.
The court papers did not explain why Rosenberg walked along state Route 224 instead of choosing streets with sidewalks.
