Women Sues Google

Lauren Rosenberg, a Los-Angeles area women has filed suit against and individual and Google saying that Google Maps led her onto a dangerous Park City roadway where she was hit by a car.

On January 19, 2010, Rosenberg was apparently trying to get from 96 Daly Street, Park City, Utah, to 1710 Prospector Avenue, Park City, Utah. She looked up the walking directions using Google Maps on her Blackberry. Google Maps suggested a route that included a half-mile walk down "Deer Valley Drive," which is also known as "Utah State Route 224," a well known Utah highway.

The plaintiff claims as a direct and proximate cause of Defendant Google's careless, reckless and negligent providing of unsafe directions, Plaintiff Lauren Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway, and was thereby stricken by a motor vehicle, causing her to suffer severe permanent physical, emotional and more than $100,000 in mental injuries.