Legal issues involving drones are an emerging practice area for lawyers, the Connecticut Law Tribune reports. One incident, involving a journalist trying to use a drone to shoot video of a fatal car crash, is being investigated by Hartford police and the Federal Aviation Administration, CLT also reports.
Jonathan Orleans, of Pullman & Comley attorney, told CLT "'there will certainly be negligence and invasion of privacy claims made. And where the drone was operated for a government entity, such as for law enforcement purposes, there will be issues of government immunity. Given the multiplicity of potential uses for the technology and the inventiveness of lawyers, the potential for legal work is quite large."'
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