Google is facing a lawsuit for negligence from the family of Philip Paxton, a North Carolina man who tragically lost his life last year after following directions provided by Google Maps, leading his car off a collapsed bridge.
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Philip Paxton, a medical device salesman and father of two, drowned in September the previous year when his vehicle plunged off a bridge that had been closed for nine years. The family’s lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, alleges that multiple individuals had previously informed Google Maps about the bridge’s collapse in the years leading up to Paxson’s fatal incident, urging the company to update its route information.
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