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Texter Not Responsible For Textee's Car Accident, Rules Judge

Posted by Soulskill on from the sdn-otbrk-of-cmn-sns dept.

linuxwrangler writes "After mowing down a motorcycling couple while distracted by texting, Kyle Best received a slap on the wrist. The couple's attorney then sued Best's girlfriend, Shannon Colonna, for exchanging messages with him when he was driving. They argued that while she was not physically present, she was 'electronically present.' In good news for anyone who sends server-status, account-alerts or originates a call, text or email of any type that could be received by a mobile device, the judge dismissed the plantiff's claims against the woman."

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  1. Who proved the collision was an accident? by Ichijo · · Score: 1, Informative

    The collision appears to be caused by negligence, and was not simply an accident. "Accident" is a euphamism, a weasel word designed to make the violation appear less severe.

    Please stop politicizing the headlines, Slashdot.

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  2. Re:Good ruling in THIS case..... by mazarin5 · · Score: 4, Informative

    IMHO, $775.00 USD is way too small compensation for two innocent victims

    That was a penalty, not compensation. They're still sorting that bit out.

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  3. Re:Also good news for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    But anyone with an ounce of logic can see it is bad to sue someone who is not responsible. This is completely money grabbing. Just because you have been injured doesn't mean you should try and ruin everybody else's life.