Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago

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Not necessarily. Firstly because I don’t actually think there is any requirement that maps are 100% accurate, Google never a claim made anywhere that they are flawless. Secondly because if the city / town / local authority hasn’t put up signs, it’s entirely possible that they haven’t informed map makers either.

So map makers are not responsible for inaccuracies in their map, and even if they were responsible, they may not have been told.

There’s levels of culpability and in this scenario Google seem to be right at the bottom, if on the list at all.

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I don’t think you know how the law works. Google are not legally required to have accurate maps.

Ethically maybe (although even then it’s highly debatable), but not legally so, no, the lawsuit has no merit

You randomly arguing the point doesn’t change reality

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