Woman wins $5.2 million suit against GEICO for catching STD in a car (1 Viewer)

[GrandAdmiral]

I definitely need one of our legal gurus to explain this one. I can see suing the guy who infected her, but the car insurance company simply because it occurred in the vehicle? The vehicle didn't cause the injury. The guy did.

Geico ordered to pay Missouri woman $5.2 million after she contracted STD in a car | CNN

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.

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[efil4stnias]

I definitely need one of our legal gurus to explain this one. I can see suing the guy who infected her, but the car insurance company simply because it occurred in the vehicle? The vehicle didn't cause the injury. The guy did.

Geico ordered to pay Missouri woman $5.2 million after she contracted STD in a car | CNN

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.

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sigh.

we just had that circulate our office email.

Sort of a " here is your late Friday 'wtfork'" article.

i cant even being to understand how the vehicle insurer is being held responsible for a sexual act that took place in the vehicle.

i simply dont get. but then i dont know MO law, so maybe there is something in State law?

 

[superchuck500]

I definitely need one of our legal gurus to explain this one. I can see suing the guy who infected her, but the car insurance company simply because it occurred in the vehicle? The vehicle didn't cause the injury. The guy did.

Geico ordered to pay Missouri woman $5.2 million after she contracted STD in a car | CNN

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.

www.cnn.com

The arbitrator is stupid and ridiculous and the law is highly deferential to arbitration awards.

Here I’m sure that at some point GEICO adopted a policy favoring arbitration because it’s cheaper in the macro. Score this on the red side of the ledger.

 

[zeetes]

i'm not even mad. fork geico and their sheetty customer service.

 

[Swamprat]

Opportunistic lawyer? The car might have featured STD transmission instead of AUTO, and somehow/someway that's how she caught it.. The sex part was just thrown in there to cause confusion..

 

[Merl]

Another classic case of making a corporation pay for something they had nothing to do with.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Opportunistic lawyer? The car might have featured STD transmission instead of AUTO, and somehow/someway that's how she caught it.. The sex part was just thrown in there to cause confusion..

Clever…very clever

 

[Paul]

 

[buzd]

i'm not even mad. fork geico and their sheetty customer service.

Geico was a dream for my claim. Granted, the person that hit me also had Geico, so they were going to pay either way.

 

[Sailorsaint]

i'm not even mad. fork geico and their sheetty customer service.

I've had very good luck with Geico. Two totalled vehicles (rear ended and a tree fell on another), and no troubles at all.

 

[0rion]

So disappointed it didn't list what kind of car it was. I bet it was a Camry......maybe a Taurus but the evidence suggests a Camry.

 

[zeetes]

Geico was a dream for my claim. Granted, the person that hit me also had Geico, so they were going to pay either way.

yeah, i wish i could say the same.

 

[zeetes]

I've had very good luck with Geico. Two totalled vehicles (rear ended and a tree fell on another), and no troubles at all.

as the, um, victim (?), was a long, and frustrating, process for a payout.

 

[DaveXA]

I've had very good luck with Geico. Two totalled vehicles (rear ended and a tree fell on another), and no troubles at all.

Same here. Totaled vehicle and cut a reasonable check for it. Not too much hassle. Most of the communications were through their app. Only one phone call to verify what happened in the accident and they took care of the rest.

 

[DaveXA]

as the, um, victim (?), was a long, and frustrating, process for a payout.

Was this recent or long ago?