# Google maps sued for drowning death

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-sued-for-drowning-death/990720>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 26, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-sued-for-drowning-death/990720 "2023-09-26T12:58:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-sued-for-drowning-death/990720/249 "2023-09-29T22:10:18Z")

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Here’s a similar case against Google from 2011 in Utah:

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> In order for Google to have been liable to Rosenberg for negligence, it must first have owed her some kind of duty. (“Duty” is a fundamental concept in negligence law; if you don’t owe someone any duty, then you can’t be negligent in how you perform that duty.)

> **[Google Maps Shows the Path to Avoiding Liability for User Injuries - Warner...](https://www.wnj.com/updates/google-maps-shows-the-path-to-avoiding-liability-for-user-injuries/)**
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