One can’t be sued for allegedly helping to cause an accident by texting a driver, a New Jersey judge held May 25 in a widely watched case.

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