Posted on 06/10/2022 5:26:43 AM PDT by devane617
Geico must pay a Missouri woman $5.2 million after she caught HPV from unprotected sex with her then-boyfriend in his insured automobile, a state appellate court ruled.
In an opinion published Tuesday, the Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri affirmed the multimillion-dollar payout against the insurance company, best known for its ubiquitous TV ads that frequently feature a talking gecko.
The woman — identified in court papers only as "M.O." — said that she "engaged in unprotected sexual activities in Insured's vehicle" in November and December 2017 and that he "negligently caused or contributed to" her catching the human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted infection, court papers said.
After Geico turned down her claim, M.O. took the matter to an arbitrator, who found in her favor before a court affirmed the $5.2 million judgment, the appeals court said.
Geico appealed, claiming it never had a chance to contest the claim.
"But GEICO did have the opportunity to participate and defend its interests — including the ability to challenge liability and damages — by entering a defense of Insured," according to the appeals court opinion, which put the word "did" in bold italics.
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Dude got a woman he didn’t know to have sex with him in a Hyundai. He could probably make more than enough to buy a nicer car marketing those skills.
A man once got me pregnant in his bed. I wonder what my options are. 🤔
That is ridiculous.
So Geico has the right now to access your medical records and force you to get a physical and health screening so they can accurately assess your level of risk.
A man once got me pregnant in his bed. I wonder what my options are. 🤔Depends on where you fall in the LGBTQPC+++++++++++++ spectrum.
If I am GEICO that is what I would do.
What utter crap
This will not stand muster in higher courts.
But it is a sign of the absurd America in which we now live. We have failed the founders. Time to fertilize the tree of liberty as Thomas Jefferson suggests
Wow! For sheer stupidity, this ruling tops the “hot coffee” spill years ago.
And then lawyers, with publicity like this case, wonder why their profession is rated somewhere just under Congress and used car salesmen by the American public.
Surely a higher court will dispose of this ruling.
Spoons made me fat.
That was so long ago, the statute of limitations has run.
(J/k — just finished briefing a bunch of pilots and we were really burning each other. Still in the mode.)
A new call sign is “beef” bc a butter bar just put a dummy bomb right through the middle of a cow.
Time to sue Sleep Number for child support...
Next up will be a $10 million suit against Kohler for dirty toilet seats.
Seinfeld: My boyfriend said the tractor seat gave mr ghonnorea. Watch out Kubota and John Deere.
LOL! What's the CIP of a cow?
That's how call signs are really made. Your peers give them to you, you don't get to pick out a cool sounding one.
Bratch….I’m hopelessly straight. :)
Jewbacca…missed my chance!!! I’ll have to settle for a foot rub. If food and sex are the way to a man’s heart…a good foot rub makes a woman putty in your hands!!!
Have a blessed day!
At least Massey Ferguson is safe.
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