Civil Plaintiff
Geico Will Pay a Woman $5.2 Million After She Contracted HPV in an Insured Car
Geico may be on the hook for a $5.2 million legal settlement after a woman alleged she contracted a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company.
A Missouri court on Tuesday upheld a judgment that awarded the money to the woman, who is referred to “M.O.” in court documents. M.O. claimed she caught the human papillomavirus (HPV) from having sex in 2017 with a male partner in his 2014 Hyundai Genesis, which was covered by Geico, according to a 2021 complaint.
The woman, who learned she was infected with HPV in 2018, claimed the man knew he had HPV but failed to inform her, leaving her with “past and future medical expenses” and “mental and physical pain and suffering.”
