Happy Friday All!
Maybe some folks at law firms with employment law departments
can apply some "cutting edge" answers to my query. I recently received
a phone call from a Lexis rep and it was apparent from the swishing
sound in the background that she was driving while she was talking. I
asked the Lexis person about this who verified that she was driving. I
told her I felt "very uncomfortable" about having this conversation
since this was not a "quick answer" type of call but her reply was "I
can handle it."
Of course, if she had gotten in an accident, Lexis would be a
defendant in the resulting lawsuit because the Lexis rep was conducting
business while driving the vehicle. Are employers now creating cell
phone usage policies to govern situations such as this? Would someone
at Lexis please tell me their policy? I felt uncomfortable at that time
and several days later, it still bothers me so I have decided for myself
that I will no longer accept such phone calls.
Nanna Frye, Law Librarian
Court of Appeal
San Diego, CA
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