One can’t be sued for allegedly helping to cause an accident by texting a driver, a New Jersey judge held Friday in a widely watched case.

In an oral opinion from the bench, Morris County Superior Court Judge David Rand granted summary judgment dismissing civil aiding-and-abetting claims against Shannon Colonna of Rockaway, finding she had no duty of care under the facts of the case, Kubert v. Best, MRS-L-1975-10.