“A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.” [AP/USA Today, earlier]
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Not to defend plaintiff’s theory of liability, but it must be frustrating to the victims, who required leg amputations, that the driver received a total punishment of about $800 in fines and some speeches.
“the first case of its kind in the country.”
Is that a threat or a warning?
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