{"id":130,"date":"2016-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/social-media-app-implicated-in-alleged-distracted-driving-accident-p2\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:31:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:31:56","slug":"social-media-app-implicated-in-alleged-distracted-driving-accident-p2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/social-media-app-implicated-in-alleged-distracted-driving-accident-p2\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media app implicated in alleged distracted driving accident, P.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last time, we began looking at a case in which a Georgia man is suing a teen he accuses of using Snapchat immediately prior to the accident. The man\u2014who suffered a traumatic brain injury\u2014is also suing Snapchat. As we noted, the teen and her friends say the man actually pulled into their lane, not giving her enough time to stop.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, Snapchat denies that it encourages its users to use the app while driving, and that it displays warnings to users to not use the program while operating a motor vehicle. \u00a0Police have, so far, chosen not to cite the teen for speeding partly because of conflicting accounts from her passengers about the speed of the vehicle. Police have said that the man may also have committed a moving violation by failing to signal before changing lanes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The case is an interesting one not only from the standpoint of social medial use and distracted driving, but also with respect to the issue of negligence in personal injury cases. First of all, there is the issue of comparative negligence, if both parties are found to be partially at fault. Then there is the issue of third party negligence for Snapchat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/social-media-app-implicated-in-alleged-distracted-driving-accident-p2\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Social media app implicated in alleged distracted driving accident, P.2\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last time, we began looking at a case in which a Georgia man is suing a teen he accuses of using Snapchat immediately prior to the accident. The man\u2014who suffered a traumatic brain injury\u2014is also suing Snapchat. 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