In the past, attorneys relied on doctor’s testimonies to prove their clients couldn’t work and/or perform daily activities. However, the recent deal between Google and Fitbit could change this. This is because the deal could provide defense attorneys with information about a victim’s movement and sleep patterns. As a result, defense attorneys could argue that victims are overstating damage in personal injury cases.
Google, Fitbit, and Personal Injury Cases
Google and Fitbit have teamed up so that Fitbit’s wearable technology and Google’s Cloud Health Database can connect and sync to one another. Fitbit can track GPS, distance, speed, heart rate, and more. Google’s Cloud Health Database accesses your medical records with ease and efficiency.
The deal between Google and Fitbit has the potential to alter how plaintiff and defense attorneys evaluate and litigate personal injury cases. While no one expects Google to hand over this information to just anyone, the right judge in the right case could find that a request for a patient’s Fitbit information is “reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence”. The judge would then potentially order the processing of the information and submit it into evidence. The cloud stores information that the courts needed, obtaining access is only a subpoena or court order away.
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