OK, let's 'fess up: While we hate to see other drivers rolling down the road with a cell phone glued to their ear, we've probably done it ourselves once or twice. Yes, the lure of using otherwise "dead time" in the car to catch up on an important (or not-so-important) conversation can be nearly irresistable. But if your employees bite at that lure while on company time and hurt someone, guess who's likely to be liable. That's right - the company. And the risk isn't theoretical: Verdicts of up to $21 million have been assessed against companies whose employees ran into others while using cell phones.
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