Originally published at: Geico will not have to pay $5 million to woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease in a car | Boing Boing
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Geico’s defense of “sex not constituting normal use of a car” seems to me to be beside the point. If you have sex on a Casper mattress and contract an STD, should Casper be held accountable?
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Should we ask Mark where he sourced that image or no?
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Geico didn’t manufacture the car. Does anyone have mattress insurance? I don’t think homeowners or renters insurance covers injury.
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I for one was looking forward to the commercials of a tiny talking reptile reminding you to use a condom.
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now let’s not be too hasty… maybe it was Geico’s car insurance policy with a STD rider (so to speak) (“‘std’ as in standard deviation?”)
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Considering that the woman didn’t got to trail without (bad) help: Shakespeare’s* Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2
How did the lower court rule in favor of the plaintiff in the first place
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Not as crazy as it sounds.
tl;dr is that the plaintiff filed a claim and Geico failed to respond. An arbitrator and a lower court found for the plaintiff by default. So this is the Missouri SC covering the ass of a big corporation that legitimately screwed up.
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Depends on the car and the age of the people. A Karmann Ghia? Definitely not. A ‘57Chevy? Sure.
If the guy ghosted her, yes.
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Plus, the arbitrator was forced onto this situation BY Geico themselves. They didn’t show up to the arbitration THEY bought and paid for , and lost.
That the Missouri SC bailed them out is sad, but expected. Wonder how much they paid.
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Not an injury “arising from use and operation of the vehicle”.
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Personal injury liability insurance is often part of homeowners or renters insurance. It might vary by state but it’s been part of every policy I have had.
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I don’t see how this makes any sense unless she was the only person in the car at the time. Geico does have a responsibility to make sure their customers’ cars aren’t haunted by STD-carrying sex ghosts.
Called it:
I would wager that wheeled conveyances have been fornicated in since their invention.
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Did they only ever have sex in the car?
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Always use a cardom in that situation I’d say
I also caught HPV from someone who lived in an apartment in Chicago and didn’t reveal her status until it was too late. Maybe renter’s insurance would have covered it. /s
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