The family of a North Carolina man who drowned last year after he drove off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions,has sued Google for negligence, saying that the company’s failure to update its maps led directly to his death....(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/us/g ... ridge.html)
Philip Paxson, 47, a medical device salesman, was on his way home from his daughter’s camping-themed ninth birthday party in Hickory, N.C., on Sept. 30, 2022, navigating a rainy night on unfamiliar roads, when he drove off a collapsed roadway into a creek and drowned, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Wake County Superior Court on Tuesday.
Google Maps Taken To Court
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Google Maps Taken To Court
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Re: Google Maps Taken To Court
Hi Phillip, Google maps hve a problem they dont verify changes here where i live my house was shown as Pick & Pay Hyper market, Spar, school and court house I even had a road right through my house, even our airport had shops on it, they just accept changes without verifing changes I cant even count how many changes I had to fix, and it takes long before they make the change.
Robert
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