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?
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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.
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.
Absolute judicial madness.
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.
Hey if it works for auto insurance is it covered by home owner insurance? How about renters insurance?
How could any insurance company, even with the worst lawyers, not win this lawsuit? If they’re going to be that stupid with their policy-holders’ premiums, it’s time to stop buying car insurance.
Was it an SUV ?? Bad enough SUV are running people down
You now can give you a STD !!!!!!!!!
I don’t see any mention of what kind of car. Shouldn’t the car’s manufacturer have to pay too? They created the attractive nuisance.
Peter Hardeman Burnett was the first American governor of California. He was born in Tennessee, lived in Jackson Co. for a while, was an early settler in Oregon and then among the first Americans to go to California in the gold rush. In his memoirs he has stories about Jackson County lawsuits.
One I recall has to do with someone being accused of selling whiskey to an Indian, which was against the law.
The store had a large container of whiskey and the customer would bring his own bottle, which the storekeeper would fill up using a ladle. The eyewitness in the case had been in line and saw the storekeeper fill the Indian's bottle. He had also bought whiskey and could testify that the liquid in his bottle had been whiskey. The storekeeper was acquitted because the witness had not actually tasted the liquid in the Indian's bottle.
“Geico ordered to pay Missouri woman $5.2 million after she contracted STD in a car”
Geico needs to hire cheaper whores.
Trial Lawyers.
When shtf, have a couple on your list.
This story changes the meaning of “deep pockets”...