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Text message sender may be held responsible for car crash

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After a distracted driver checking his messages hits a motorcycle, who gets sued? The person who sent him a text message! The victims’ suit says the texter knew the driver was on the road and was “electronically present” in the vehicle.


Read the story: New York Daily News

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One Comment

  1. Mizu said on May 13, 2012 at 8:59 pm #

    You didn’t have to read the text message while you were driving….

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