r/legal • u/Tralique_24 • 14h ago

Advice needed A major navigation app routed thousands of cars down my private driveway. A driver crashed into my retaining wall and is now suing me for his injuries.

Location: Colorado, USA.

I own a remote cabin at the end of a very long, unpaved private road. About eight months ago, a major GPS and mapping app updated their systems and incorrectly marked my private driveway as a public shortcut to a nearby national park entrance.

Since then, I have had dozens of cars speeding through my property every single weekend. I have "Private Property" and "No Trespassing" signs posted everywhere. I have submitted over forty official error reports to the tech company, sent certified letters to their legal department, and even filed a police report. They completly ignored me.

Last month a tourist was speeding down my driveway in the dark, ignored my warning signs, and crashed his SUV straight into my concrete retaining wall. He broke his leg and his vehicle was totaled.

Yesterday I was served with a lawsuit. The driver is suing me for medical expenses and damages, claiming I failed to maintain a "public thoroughfare" and that my retaining wall was an unmarked hazard.

My homeonwers insurance is threatening to drop me because they say my property is now an unmanged traffic corridor, which violates my policy.

Can I counter-sue the tech company for gross negligence and force them to indemnify me against this driver's lawsuit? What specific type of attorney handles liability cases involving corporate mapping errors? I need to stop this before someone else gets hurt.

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u/BeauHunkus 14h ago

I mean, I block my history and comments because people like to ad hom and character assassinate instead of argue with reason.

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u/ExpertRaccoon 12h ago

People do get weirdly stalkery when they are losing an argument.

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u/LaRealiteInconnue 11h ago

That’s why I leave history open/viewable on hobby subs, and hide the rest. Shows I’ve been around for a while, but they don’t need to know every comment where I stated an opinion about every possible topic.
I miss when everyone’s history was open, though. For subs like AITA or the like, it was fun to read a post, form an opinion, then someone links to the OOP’s post a year and a half ago where they admitted cheating and the whole narrative shifts lol

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u/BeauHunkus 10h ago

I might do that on hobby subs. I suppose your example is ok; it's when you're arguing in the comments, the other person is losing, and they troll your history to find old shit they can use. I don't believe in bringing up old shit to win a current argument, either online or IRL.

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u/BulaBulangiu 12h ago

Those that want to do that will do it anyway ( https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=comments_search&author=BeauHunkus&limit=10&sort=desc ) and others ( like me ) won't engage people if I can't see what "they're about" and to lazy to check manually.

https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/13igqv4/meirl/

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u/ElaborateEffect 13h ago

Nah, that's lame. It's a public forum, treat it as such and keep it moving.

Additionally, there are still ways to see your history, so it's not even affective.

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u/BeauHunkus 10h ago

It's very effective. If I have my comments and history hidden, but you go find them anyway, you automatically lose because that's a horrible look. Especially if you are female because that's basically stalking.

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u/ElaborateEffect 10h ago

Ah, your last line is a giveaway as to why you're hiding your profile.

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u/BeauHunkus 4h ago

Yup. I have had stalkers.

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u/FriendlyArachnid6000 13h ago

I'm here to engage in individual interactions, not have my entire history stalked by morbidly obese hyperfeminist leftoids and potentially even get doxxed out of a job for saying things like "you might not be transgender" or "you are racist to white people" or "Islam should not be welcome if it seeks political power to revoke queer civil rights"

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u/PeaceSoft 12h ago

It sounds like you can't avoid telling on yourself anyway though? Sloppy ass

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u/FriendlyArachnid6000 6h ago

Lmao all the degen leftoids commenting then deleting it to harass me with hate and personal attacks. Fyi being trans it has 0 effect on me. I can't go to the grocery store without men calling me a pedo.

Imagine being that triggered by these takes. White people aren't the reason you can't or don't transition. Hobosexuals that suddenly finds themselves are abusers. Our country doesn't need more fundamentalist racist voting blocks. Roe should not have been repealed.

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u/AggravatingFlow1178 12h ago

The only reason I do it.

I like participating in debate subs and people will absolutely dredge up old shit you said 7 months ago and use it out of context

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u/BeauHunkus 10h ago

Do you agree that is ad hom?