In a 2010 column headlined “Hang Up and Drive: Lawmakers and Courts Tackle the Dangers of Cellular Phone Use by Drivers,” I analyzed the current legislative and common law trends related to cell phone use while driving.
At that time, the trend involved various municipalities across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passing local ordinances banning or limiting the use of mobile communications devices while driving along with Pennsylvania trial courts considering the allowance of punitive damages claims based upon allegations that a defendant driver was using a cell phone at the time of the accident.
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