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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What the actual hell.
She should have also sued America. It occured here, right?
What crap this is!
If using the same logic I am in my car and shoot my best friend because I am drunk and stupid he gets to sue my car insurance company if he survives?
The real absurdity of this is that the court even took the case and the judge did not throw it out. Which is a comment on the legal profession. Come to think of it, hookers are professionals but they earn an honest living.
I hate the Gecko/Geico commercials. But...
Since I hate the Liberty Bibberty commercials even more...I’m gonna cut Geico some slack.
The fine print in a policy just became a war and peace book.
I generally hate the Liberty Mutual commercials also, I will say this one cracked me up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yq9NsSqVBE
Minions always crack me up!
” I wonder what my options are.”
It depends.
Were you in a Holiday Inn Express hotel room? They’ve got deep pockets...not to mention those WONDERFUL cinnamon rolls on their breakfast bar. Maybe they’ll float you $5.2 million AND a year’s supply of cinnamon rolls.
Getting pregnant (or the clap) in a hotel room? Think how many lawsuits there could be...
Home owners insurance, hotel insurance, city park insurance, airline insurance...
GMTA. Exactly what I thought when I read the headline.
We’ll all pay for this in our insurance premiums. That’s how insurance works — the insurance companies have to charge premiums based on their risk of a payout.
Yes...that one is a hoot. One of their newest ones, I think.
It’s really the guy and the emu that torque me. The Liberty Biberty guy was funny the first 35 or 40 times I watched it.
Damn creative attorney.
They never showed her picture, so I reserve judgement on his marketing skills, or state of mind.
GEICO is a flagrantly WOKE Corp.
Maybe something like this will make management wake up to the utter implosion of the nation.
I wonder if Farmer’s insurance can add this to their commercials? 😆
Spot on. Shame on any attorney who brings such a frivolous suit to court. They CARE NOT that insurance has become almost unaffordable to those on fixed incomes and even those of us nearing the end of our working life. Between our monthly property taxes in Texas and our insurance for property and umbrella, it’s almost all my social security monthly check.
Emu comes on, channel gets changed, is the rule around here.
Unbelievable. Well maybe not in this day and age.
The cuntry has gone full retard.
If I’m reading the article correctly - it appears GEICO may have lost this by not putting up their own defense to contest it and by failing to do so essentially had a default judgment against them...not because they were ruling the policy should have covered it - though the information is rather succinct in this article and looks like they were going for an unusual headline / story vs. what actually transpired.
More evidence for the "Courts are stupid/insane" category.
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