In this action arising out of a fatal motor vehicle accident involving a driver allegedly distracted by a text message, the court declined to dismiss the alleged sender of the text based on the argument there was no duty of liability imposed on the sender for text messaging the driver. Preliminary objections granted in part, denied in part.
April 29, 2016 at 12:00 AM
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Motor Vehicles • Text Messaging • Negligent Entrustment
Gallatin v. Gargiulo, PICS Case No. 16-0520 (C.P. Lawrence March 9, 2016) Hodge, J. (19 pages).
In this action arising out of a fatal motor vehicle accident involving a driver allegedly distracted by a text message, the court declined to dismiss the alleged sender of the text based on the argument there was no duty of liability imposed on the sender for text messaging the driver. Preliminary objections granted in part, denied in part.
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