In the United States, a woman who contracted an STI in her partner’s car was awarded… $5.2 million in damages.
Head to the United States where an auto insurance company was ordered to pay $5.2 million to a woman who contracted a sexually transmitted infection in her companion’s vehicle.
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A complaint filed in 2021
According to the woman’s lawsuit, filed last year in the state of Missouri, her partner negligently infected her with the human papillomavirus (HPV) in 2017 after having unprotected sex.
Also according to the complaint, the latter asked the insurer of the car, Geico, for compensation for “losses and injuries”, as well as for “her past and future medical expenses”.
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And the most surprising thing is that the plaintiff, a certain MO, won her case. Indeed, she received 5.2 million in damages from the insurer. This decision was upheld in June 2022 by the Missouri Court of Appeals.
“The insured should have mentioned his diagnosis to MO before the sexual activity took place, but he did not do so”, said the mediator of the case. In an interview with the Daily Mail, personal injury lawyer Miguel Custodio explains that the court’s decision is quite consistent:
«If you consider that an injury sustained in that person’s vehicle, that is totally within what an insurance company would be required to pay.”he pointed out.
A 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. https://t.co/HNRlY6vAyz
— CNN (@CNN) June 10, 2022
For his part, billionaire Elon Musk said on Twitter that “Outlandish claims like this are a big part of why car insurance is so expensive”.
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