Posted on 06/10/2022 12:55:16 PM PDT by BAW
A Missouri woman was awarded $5.2 million in a settlement from insurance company GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease from her partner in his vehicle, which was insured by the company, court documents show. The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld that award this week.
The woman, a Jackson County resident, said she contracted Human papillomavirus (HPV) from her partner, according to court documents. On Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals filed an opinion confirming the initial Jackson County Circuit Court arbitration award finding against GEICO.
In February 2021, the woman -- anonymously identified in documents as M.O. -- submitted a petition to GEICO directly. She alleged that her sexual partner negligently caused or "contributed to cause to be infected with HPV by not taking proper precautions and neglecting to inform and/or disclose his diagnosis," according to court documents, and that his "insurance policy provided coverage for her injuries and losses."
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wow you mean all I have to do to become a millionaire is get some girl with a relatively harmless std to have sex with me in a car with no protection?
The problem is that this was not a court verdict, it was the result of “mediation.”
When you agree to mediation, you agree to forego a jury trial.
So if you get VD in a car, you can sue the car insurance company?
Just speculating, that the car was parked, and not in normal operation at the time. How does the car insurance enter into this situation at all?
then if you get VD in a hotel, you can sue the hotel chain?
If you get VD at someone’s house, you can sue their homeowner’s insurance company?
What does the car have to do with it?
Why not just sue the car manufacturer directly?
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This is total nonsense.
Imagine the hotels, establishment bathroom stalls, and other
places now liable for a women catching an STD from a one
night stand.
No one takes personal responsibility for anything any longer.
But eventually insurance companies decided to eliminate coverage for such voluntary,criminal acts...and understandably so.
How in God's name can any insurance company be required to pay out for something like this?????
5.2 million for being a s**t. What a world.
Stop giving them ideas...
I suspect the policy verbiage will be changed henceforth to clearly exclude injury coverage for this kind of occurrence. They got lucky at GEICO’s expense.
Well, there’s that-—and think of all the chicks who wound up pregnant in a back seat. I guess Geico is on the hook for child support. Something in the policy about an “attractive nuisance?”
Absolute judicial madness.
Tractor? Yeah, you remember how officers catch stuff from a terlet seat.? Everybody else catches it the old fashioned way.
Thanks...Now someone will sue the Internet and it’s creator, Al “climate change” Gore
This is not nonsense.
Many auto insurance policies have coverage for medical bills from incidents that occur in the vehicle.
THE CHARGE YOU MONEY FOR THIS COVERAGE! You are paying for it; you have a right to use it.
Most people assume this only covers accidents, but that’s not the way they are written.
They are written to say that, if you are in the vehicle when the incident occurs that causes the injury, then your medical costs are covered by the policy.
• Cut your hand while in the vehicle? Covered.
• Burn yourself on the cigarette lighter? Covered.
• Bump your head on the door frame and suffer a concussion? Covered.
Auto insurance companies make big bucks from medical bill coverage because most people who are injured in their car (even in a collision) will use their health insurance for coverage instead of their auto insurance.
If the woman had medical coverage on her insurance policy, she certainly has a right to use it.
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