Geico facing payout to woman who got HPV after sex in car

[AndyS]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico could be required to pay a Missouri woman $5.2 million because she said she contracted a sexually transmitted disease while having sex in the car of a man who is insured by the company.

A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a Jackson County Court's decision affirming an arbitrator's finding that the woman was entitled to the award.

However, Maryland-based Geico has filed a federal lawsuit arguing the woman's claim is not covered by the man's insurance policy. The company said in an email Thursday that lawsuit will determine whether “there is coverage in this matter.”

According to court documents, the woman, identified as M.O., and a man, who were in a relationship, had sex in the man's car. She contends she contracted HPV, human papillomavirus, because the man did not tell her he had the disease. HPV can cause cervical cancer, certain other cancers and genital warts.

https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Geico-facing-payout-to-woman-who-got-HPV-after-17231448.php

Wait Wut? This can happen but Gun Makers can't be sued for false advertising for telling people that guns make them safer???????

[walkingman]

1. That's funny - our justice system is a damn mess.

[Effete Snob]

2. That is what insurance companies want you to believe

They have succeeded.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Here's a Lehto's Law video summary of it.

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017741628

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[Eugene]

4. Geico dropped the ball. They had opportunities to defend the insured, but didn't.

They rejected a claim, were notified that claimant and insured were going to arbitration and didn't intervene until after the huge arbitration award.