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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After a woman alleged she contracted a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by Geico, </span>the company may now be responsible for paying her $5.2 million.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tuesday, a Missouri court upheld a ruling ordering the insurance company to pay a woman–referred to “M.O.” in court documents– $5.2 million for contracting HPV (</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">human papillomavirus)</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 2017 in a car insured by the company.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/geico-std-lawsuit-woman-awarded-5-2-million-hpv-car/"> CBS News,</a> M.O. claims she was having sex with a male partner in a 2014 Hyundai Genesis when contracting the STD, the 2021 suit says. The suit also says M.O. was made aware she had HPV in 2018. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The court documents also say that the man knew he had HPV but failed to tell her, and that caused </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8220;past and future medical expenses&#8221; as well as &#8220;mental and physical pain and suffering.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/woman-sues-geico-for-1-million-after-contracting-an-std-from-a-man-while-having-relations-in-his-car/">As previously reported,</a> the woman initially asked Geico for $1 million but it was rejected and the claim was denied. Shortly after, M.O. and her former lover </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“entered arbitration, and the arbitrator found that the man had negligently infected her and awarded damages of $5.2 million to M.O., which were to be paid by Geico,” CBS reports.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Geico followed up with an appeal, and on Tuesday a judge determined it &#8220;had no right to relitigate&#8221; the matter after damages and liability had been set by an arbitrator of the court.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The court also stated:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Geico did not take advantage of this opportunity, and instead denied coverage and refused to defend Insured.</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s still a chance that Geico may not have to fork over millions, as a federal case has been filed by the insurer. Geico states the claim is not covered by the current auto policy.</span></p>
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