Could businesses be sued for texting employees who are driving?
Attorney Steve Gursten, who heads Michigan Auto Law and lectures on this legal concept of "remote texter liability," said he believes that as distracted driving continues to be a cause of auto accidents, businesses in Michigan could eventually become legally liable in negligence cases linked to texting.
$10M Florida settlement
..The texting was discovered after the injured person's attorney downloaded the driver's cellphone records. The case was ultimately settled for $10 million, Gursten said.