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What Would You Do For $5.2 Million?

This is a real story but it sounds like a ridiculous joke.

A fully grown woman had intercourse with her former romantic partner in his car in Missouri. She claimed that she contracted HPV, the human papillomavirus, as a result of having sex in his car. So, what did she do? She filed a claim against his car insurance company. The company told her to bug off but they went to arbitration. She was awarded $5.2 million!!

I suppose if she had gotten pregnant that the insurance company would have had to pay her medical bills and child support.

Missouri woman says she caught STD in car. Auto insurance to pay out $5.2 million
"KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Court of Appeals has affirmed that an insurance company must pay a $5.2 million settlement granted to a Jackson County woman who claimed she unwittingly caught a sexually transmitted disease from her former romantic partner in his car."

"In May 2021, the arbitrator found that the man and woman had sex inside his vehicle that “directly caused, or directly contributed to cause” the HPV infection. The man was found liable for not disclosing his infection status and the woman was awarded $5.2 million for damages and injuries to be paid by GEICO."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/missouri-woman-says-she-caught-std-in-car-auto-insurance-to-pay-out-2452-million/ar-AAYcmV3

So, if you want to become a millionaire you know what to do.
ShadowWolf · 31-35, M
What the hell.... how is the insurance company or car company even remotely responsible for this? Sure alot of cars can have sex appeal like a Ferrari but even that is a weak case. Personal responsibility people...
Also most men do not know they are infected since they experience no symptoms, and the disease is not lifelong.... it often only lasts two years!
ShadowWolf · 31-35, M
@redredred
hey want to make gunmakers responsible for criminal acts of shooters so why not.
Which is also asinine. Post sale, the gunmaker isn't liable unless the product malfunctions.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@ShadowWolf As I said, it sounds like it's a ridiculous joke but it's real life in America. The original story is in the Kansas City Star newspaper but it has a paywall = https://www.kansascity.com

Here's a short version =
Geico ordered to pay $5.2M to woman who got HPV in a car https://ca.news.yahoo.com/geico-ordered-pay-5-2m-170300926.html

Do you think this could work in your State? If so, it would save you from moving to Missouri.

"Most HPV infections (9 out of 10) go away by themselves within 2 years. But sometimes, HPV infections will last longer and can cause some cancers. HPV infections can cause cancers of the: Cervix, vagina, and vulva in women."
https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/parents/about-hpv.html
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@ShadowWolf I once cut myself with a kitchen knife. I should have sued the knife manufacturer and the store where I bought it. I might have gotten $1 million.
Ynotisay · M
That is insane. There MUST be more to the story. Did she sue Gap for the jeans he was wearing too?
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Ynotisay The story was originally in the Kansas City Star but it has a paywall. The way it is written doesn't make any rational sense. She claims that she got the virus from having sex in his car? What's the proof? Why should the insurance company be liable for something like that anyway unless it can exercise control over everyone who gets into a vehicle insured by it? Using the logic in this incident anyone who ever gets shot while riding in an insured car should be able to get $millions in a settlement. After all, getting shot should be considered to be more harmful than getting an STD from screwing in the backseat, right?

Here's another version =

Insurer Told To Pay $5.2 Million To Woman Who Caught STD In A Car
https://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/news/20220608/insurer-told-to-pay-millions-to-woman-who-caught-std-in-a-car

So, if you want to become a millionaire move to Missouri right now before the idiots get replaced.
SW-User
Shows you how completely wacko our juries are. They have fucked up countless lives. Very sad
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
Fuck the gecko feel the echo get Gordon Gekko as the sensation of the manifestation sets up its station for procreation... With no God bod required.
@zonavar68 My brain is spinning.
I know a lady who refused to let her daughter get the HPV vaccine because “she would never have sex.” They’re very religious, so…
Ferric67 · M
This is absolutely nonsense.
tindrummer · M
that is beyond ridiculous
Nice catch.

For what its worth, GEICO kind of "had it coming"

https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/articles/1500536/geico-can-t-ax-5-2m-award-against-policyholder-in-hpv-case

My guess is this will get fiddled with by the Missouri Supreme Court, at least.
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
I guess if he knowingly had unprotected sex with HPV then yes.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@MrBrownstone
Expect to see a new rider on your car insurance policy exempting the company from liability when you have sex in an insured vehicle.
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
@Diotrephes Why isn’t there one for my home owners insurance?
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@MrBrownstone Sue them for child support. It was an accident, right?
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
I'll tell you what I would do. I'd punch a Holocaust denying piece of shit in the face over and over until he didn't have a face.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@tindrummer No, I'm just responding to random posts of his to raise public awareness of his status as a holocaust denying anti-Semite.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Diotrephes I would beat the shit out of them as well. Nice job trying to make me sound like a fucking hypocrite.
tindrummer · M
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
You're sure that's Missouri? Sounds like a Florida story to me.

 
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