Can You Be Sued If a Driver Reading Your Text Message Causes a Car Crash?
Judge in New Jersey to decide Friday if woman whose boyfriend seriously injured a couple in an auto accident while reading her text message can be added to lawsuit.
One of the big advantages of sending a text message as compared to an e-mail is that the text pops up on the front of someone's cellphone immediately. So can you be held liable if the person reading that message loses control of a vehicle and injures someone? A New Jersey judge says he will rule on that question Friday in a case involving a Dover couple who each lost a leg after their motorcycle was struck by a driver allegedly reading a text message. According to the Daily Record, court records show that Kyle Best, who was 18 at the time, and his girlfriend, Shannon Colonna, exchanged numerous text messages on the day of the crash, including one sent just before he lost control of his pickup truck near Montville and struck a motorcyle …
Stacie Bohr
9:53 am on Saturday, September 15, 2012
Thank you, Andy. I obviously have no legal background but when you put it in a clear and concise context, as you did, it makes much more sense. It's still a lot of money! But I get your point for sure. more ›