Apple Sued Over Fatal 'FaceTime crash'

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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) have a lawsuit against them, brought by an American couple, whose daughter was killed by a driver allegedly using FaceTime on his iPhone at the time of the crash. The lawsuit alleges that the firm should have introduced a feature that disabled use of the video-chat application while driving. As quoted in the press …

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) have a lawsuit against them, brought by an American couple, whose daughter was killed by a driver allegedly using FaceTime on his iPhone at the time of the crash. The lawsuit alleges that the firm should have introduced a feature that disabled use of the video-chat application while driving.

As quoted in the press release:

It points to a patent for a such feature for drivers filed by Apple in 2008.
The iPhone maker has not yet responded to requests for comment.

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