MAYNARD v. SNAPCHAT, INC

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: March 15, 2022 S21G0555. MAYNARD et al. v. SNAPCHAT, INC. COLVIN, Justice. While driving over 100 miles per hour, Christal McGee rear- ended a car driven by Wentworth Maynard, causing him to suffer severe injuries. When the collision occurred, McGee was using a “Speed Filter” feature within Snapchat, a mobile phone application, to record her real-life speed on a photo or video that she could then share with other Snapchat users. Wentworth and his wife, Karen Maynard, sued McGee and Snapchat, Inc. (“Snap”),1 alleging that Snap had negligently designed…