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Will cell phones land you in court? Many companies are being sued because their employees have been involved in accidents while talking on cell phones. Here are some ways to avoid those suits.(MANAGEMENT)

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN FLORIDA, a salesman for a lumber wholesaler was talking on his cell phone while driving to an appointment and crashed into a car driven by an elderly woman. His employer was sued for $21 million, and the case was later settled for $16.2 million. An isolated case? Hardly.

More and more employers are being sued because their employees have become involved in car accidents while talking on cell phones. Yet, few employers have adopted a cell phone policy despite the severity of the problem.

In fact, a 2002 study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis estimated that the use of cell phones by drivers results in approximately 2,600 deaths, 330,000 ...

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