Montrealer wins lawsuit against Google over Street View

 

This is not Pia Grillo

 An important verdict was rendered in Montreal's small claims court, as Maria Pia Grillo has been awarded just under $2,500 from the internet giant for having shown her on Google Street View.
   In the image, taken in October 2009, Grillo was shown sitting on her stairs looking down at her phone.
   The image also failed to blur her license plate number. The car door was still open so it would be easy to make the connection between herself and the car out front.
   She reports that the image led others at her workplace to mock her and make inappropriate reference to the way her chest appeared in the picture.    
   Grillo said that the situation led her to a mental state that caused her to leave work and she eventually switched jobs.
   She wanted to sue for $45,000. But presumably to avoid legal costs she opted instead to represent herself and lower than demand to $7,000, the maximum allowable amount at small claims court.
   The judge partially awarded her in the decision.
   In his verdict Justice Alain Breault referenced the famous Aubry case which has been discussed several times on this site.