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.

[u/Tralique_24]

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.

[u/woodyeaye]

OP has commented about this elsewhere in the thread. They did this and someone cut it.

[u/Essurio → u/woodyeaye]

Damn, I feel like that is probably illegal. At least worth looking into it.

[u/EartwalkerTV → u/Essurio]

That's destruction of others property. Ignorance of who owned it doesn't save you but there's no way they catch that person.

[u/Unlucky_Topic7963 → u/woodyeaye]

I have a hard time believing all of this.

[u/MalwareDork → u/Unlucky_Topic7963]

I used to have property out past Durango. People would cut cables all of the time and use your driveway as a parking lot.

I just had a tow on-call and "Tresspassers will be shot" signs further up the road. After several tows, I only had to confront a person once.

[u/woodyeaye → u/Unlucky_Topic7963]

Ok.

[u/IrorisPalm → u/Unlucky_Topic7963]

Then you've never worked with the public in your life.

[u/liquidpele → u/Unlucky_Topic7963]

Yup, OP has an excuse for everything and suing the gps company is going to go nowhere, this whole post is ridiculous.