Deep pockets? Yes. Fertile ground? Not so fast Mr. Injury Lawyer.
With few or no at-fault accidents the driverless cars’ makers, programmers, designers, etc… ad nauseum are not good targets. As of now, there’s not a single at fault accident. I’d like to say that Mr. Injury Lawyer is in trouble, but he’s not. He owns a debauched judiciary in most states. Injuries keep going down, payments keep going up.
First, obviously the hacker would get sued if they were a known identity. Second, if the manufacturer knew of a vulnerability in their software and did not patch it, the AI manufacturer could be found liable.
You mean like all the criminals in other crimes get sued? The gang bangers who commit gun crimes? The rioters who destroyed so much property in the Baltimore and Ferguson protests (riots)? Yeah, right!
Jack, there isn’t enough money in the world to settle all the claims in this sue happy society. The ignition switch issue with Government Motors is a mere drop in the bucket. Lawyers will be in euphoria. Erin Brockovich will have a field day.
Erin Brockovich was not involved in an asbestos case; it was a case against PG&E involving contaminated ground water supplies. FACTS MATTER. I know the lawyer who settled that PG&E suit,and he’ll jump on this there is money to be made.
Perhaps Erin will realize this is a much richer field to get some good class actions going on and switch from the ground water contaminations suits. She can go around to every one who may have been harmed, have some class action meetings and who knows where it might lead.
Facts Matter!
December 23, 2015 at 9:13 am
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I agree the famous case they made a movie about was PG&E. However, currently, “she…works as a consultant for the New York law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg, which has a focus on personal injury claims for asbestos exposure”
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You are an absolute ….. idiot. Your prime example of too many claims is a case where a company dumped poison into the drinking water and gave hundreds of people cancer?
You are so uneducated, and so misinformed on every single topic I have ever seen you comment on that it is absolutely astounding you can function day-to-day. You are just pure, absolute, 100% garbage.
I have NEVER had any electronic device that I haven’t had to turn off then turn back on (Ctrl/Alt/Delete). So when (not if) this happens and your doing 75mph what then?????????????
Hey Texas, cars have so much electronics on them now, the technician automatically hooks up to the computer to see what it tells them. Some car manufacturers have already been hacked, like Chrysler Jeep and they come in through the radio system to get in. This has led to recalls and they have to put another chip in it. I am waiting for GM ON Star to get hacked and cause big problems.
The fact that the plaintiff’s bar is salivating over this disgusts me. It points out how flawed and corrupt our current system is. If ambulance chasers were human beings they would be celebrating the fact that overall this should lead to less accidents and be satisfied if makes means less business for them as it improves the human condition. But they are not human being, but blood sucking lawyers believing they can never make enough money.
What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
Dave, I think we have a bunch of lawyers in charge currently in Congress and the White House. Until a whole lot of non lawyers are elected, there is no chance.
So, Google screws up, and their car rams you when you are a pedestrian, but in your perfect world, there aren’t lawyers for the struck plaintiff, so Google has to pay $0, and in fact probably charges the injured person for damaging their car.
I think the example of aviation works well here even if the plane is on autopilot, the pilot is responsible, all be it if there is a defect the company that made the part is also responsible. This is why I think Ca is right, since there is a nice precedent. (I was thinking here of general aviation more than commercial, general aviation planes can have fairly complex autopilots)
““If you have to be hit by a car, then you should hope that you’re hit by an automated car because you will likely have recourse to a company or companies with far deeper pockets than your average driver, vehicle owner or insurance policy,” Smith said”
Your grandchildren might still be alive by the time your lawsuit makes it thru the courts and appeals.
Deep pockets? Yes. Fertile ground? Not so fast Mr. Injury Lawyer.
With few or no at-fault accidents the driverless cars’ makers, programmers, designers, etc… ad nauseum are not good targets. As of now, there’s not a single at fault accident. I’d like to say that Mr. Injury Lawyer is in trouble, but he’s not. He owns a debauched judiciary in most states. Injuries keep going down, payments keep going up.
Who gets sued if a determined hacker makes a driverless car go haywire and run over another motorist or cause a big chain reaction accident?
First, obviously the hacker would get sued if they were a known identity. Second, if the manufacturer knew of a vulnerability in their software and did not patch it, the AI manufacturer could be found liable.
You mean like all the criminals in other crimes get sued? The gang bangers who commit gun crimes? The rioters who destroyed so much property in the Baltimore and Ferguson protests (riots)? Yeah, right!
Sounds like we won’t need to buy insurance anymore. We’ll just blame and sue all the manufacturers at accident time.
Jack, there isn’t enough money in the world to settle all the claims in this sue happy society. The ignition switch issue with Government Motors is a mere drop in the bucket. Lawyers will be in euphoria. Erin Brockovich will have a field day.
unless there is an asbestos issue, Erin Brockovich (who isn’t even an attorney!) wouldn’t be involved in the case. facts matter
Erin Brockovich was not involved in an asbestos case; it was a case against PG&E involving contaminated ground water supplies. FACTS MATTER. I know the lawyer who settled that PG&E suit,and he’ll jump on this there is money to be made.
Perhaps Erin will realize this is a much richer field to get some good class actions going on and switch from the ground water contaminations suits. She can go around to every one who may have been harmed, have some class action meetings and who knows where it might lead.
Facts Matter!
I agree the famous case they made a movie about was PG&E. However, currently, “she…works as a consultant for the New York law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg, which has a focus on personal injury claims for asbestos exposure”
You are an absolute ….. idiot. Your prime example of too many claims is a case where a company dumped poison into the drinking water and gave hundreds of people cancer?
You are so uneducated, and so misinformed on every single topic I have ever seen you comment on that it is absolutely astounding you can function day-to-day. You are just pure, absolute, 100% garbage.
I have NEVER had any electronic device that I haven’t had to turn off then turn back on (Ctrl/Alt/Delete). So when (not if) this happens and your doing 75mph what then?????????????
Hey Texas, cars have so much electronics on them now, the technician automatically hooks up to the computer to see what it tells them. Some car manufacturers have already been hacked, like Chrysler Jeep and they come in through the radio system to get in. This has led to recalls and they have to put another chip in it. I am waiting for GM ON Star to get hacked and cause big problems.
The fact that the plaintiff’s bar is salivating over this disgusts me. It points out how flawed and corrupt our current system is. If ambulance chasers were human beings they would be celebrating the fact that overall this should lead to less accidents and be satisfied if makes means less business for them as it improves the human condition. But they are not human being, but blood sucking lawyers believing they can never make enough money.
What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A good start!
It may be the lawyers taking advantage of the system.
Of course lawyers take advantage of the system. The system needs to change!
Dave, I think we have a bunch of lawyers in charge currently in Congress and the White House. Until a whole lot of non lawyers are elected, there is no chance.
Yeah, it is sooooo dumb to have lawyers write laws.
If we’re going to have driverless cars, then we should also have lawyerless plaintiffs.
Great comment
Best comment yet, JB!
So, Google screws up, and their car rams you when you are a pedestrian, but in your perfect world, there aren’t lawyers for the struck plaintiff, so Google has to pay $0, and in fact probably charges the injured person for damaging their car.
Really?
I think the example of aviation works well here even if the plane is on autopilot, the pilot is responsible, all be it if there is a defect the company that made the part is also responsible. This is why I think Ca is right, since there is a nice precedent. (I was thinking here of general aviation more than commercial, general aviation planes can have fairly complex autopilots)
““If you have to be hit by a car, then you should hope that you’re hit by an automated car because you will likely have recourse to a company or companies with far deeper pockets than your average driver, vehicle owner or insurance policy,” Smith said”
Your grandchildren might still be alive by the time your lawsuit makes it thru the courts and appeals.