Christal McGee allegedly kept Snapchatting through the entire incident, which left a passenger in the car she hit with permanent brain damage.
An 18-year-old girl is being sued after she allegedly crashed her car while playing with Snapchat’s “speed” filter, leaving a passenger in the car she hit with brain damage.
The Snapchat "speed" filter uses GPS technology to determine how fast the user is moving.
The couple's lawyer, Michael L. Neff, said in a statement that the lawsuit is targeted at both parties because Snapchat should have known the filter had dangerous implications.
"This is a product liability case because Snapchat put something very dangerous in the marketplace without any warnings or safeguards, and basically said, whatever happens, happens," Neff said.
The lawsuit alleges that at around 11:15 p.m. Sept. 10, McGee was driving with three of her friends when she opened Snapchat and started sending pictures to her followers as she sped with the app's "speed" filter open.
"McGee wanted to post an image of herself going fast," Neff said. "She argued that she was, 'Just trying to get the car to 100 miles per hour to post it on Snapchat.'"
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