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Geico ordered to pay woman $5.2M after she contracted STD in a car (cnn.com)
35 points by Tomte on June 11, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments



Here is the actual decision:

https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=187183

It is very readable, and it tries to present a review of the relevant facts and the reasoning for the decision.

I would encourage people to actually read the original court opinions themselves. For the most part, court decisions (especially appellate and Supreme Court decisions) are very readable and try to give the pertinent facts and the reasoning behind the case.


I’ve been following this story and here is what’s happening to the best of my understanding:

The plaintiff (who got HPV) sued the insured defendant. The case went to arbitration and the defendant lost. The defendant appealed and then his insurance company, Geico, filed a motion to intervene so that they could ask for a declaratory judgement saying they don’t have to cover this. That motion to intervene was denied. Now, Geico is appealing that decision… and ultimately they will likely get their declaratory judgement and not have to pay to cover this illness.


Aren’t they bound by the arbitration agreement. You can’t have it both ways.


If I'm reading GP correctly, the arbitration said that the defendant was on the hook, not Geico directly. Geico doesn't mind if the defendant has to pay up, as long as they don't have to cover it.


"HPV infections are very common. Nearly everyone will get HPV at some point in their lives. More than 42 million Americans are currently infected with HPV types that cause disease. About 13 million Americans, including teens, become infected each year." - CDC


And there's a bloody vaccine for it.


There are a ton of HPV strains. The vaccines protect against the most dangerous ones that give you cancer, but not all of them.


That's all that matters.

Get the vaccine.


Not available to most insured people over 18.


You have outdated information.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...

I got it for free with terrible insurance.





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