Contributed by Rosie Cisneros

In Pennsylvania, a business firm paid out over $500,000 after one of their employees was responsible for an automobile accident. The employee was driving and talking on his company-provided cellular phone when the accident happened. Even though the accident happened at 9:30 PM on a Saturday night, the Pennsylvania jury found the driver and business guilty. If you expect staffers to use phones for business, write a policy requiring them to pull over while they talk.

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