A Jackson County, Missouri woman won her rather uncommon claim against insurance giant GEICO, claiming she caught an STD from a car owned by her ex lover, which was insured by GEICO. The court awarded the woman a $5.2 million settlement for her claim.
According to the court documents, she informed GEICO back in February of 2021 that she had plans to sue for monetary damages. She stated that she caught an STD "from" a car, HPV specifically, from a GEICO member, in his insured vehicle. So she caught an STD from a man in the car, not from the car. Shouldn't she be suing the man? Moving on.
GEICO absolutely denied the initial claim that she caught an STD from a car. Her claim stated that the gentleman infected her, in his car, with HPV, knowing full well he carried the infection and didn't take proper steps in protecting her from the spread during intercourse.
Later into 2021, after the case was sent to arbitration, it was disclosed that the woman and her ex did indeed "do the deed" in the back of his car and that “directly caused, or directly contributed to cause” of her STD contraction.
The man was found liable, and in turn GEICO was ordered to pay her $5.2 million for her claims. WOW!!! I feel like the man should have to pay, not GEICO. Is this ok because they were in the car?
GEICO obviously filed a claim that was shot down, not once but twice and the hefty price tag for their client would stick! I've officially heard it all.
And, in case you were wondering. It was a 2014 Hyundai Genesis.
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Eric Weyda, a former Cincinnati Police Officer, was fired back in April for what was considered to be an inappropriate tattoo. He had "pure" across the knuckles of his right hand, and "evil" on his left. The Police Department policy prohibits tattoos on the face, neck, head and hands. Having "Pure Evil" spelled out across your fists is probably not a good idea anyway. Weyda got the ink back in December and was reassigned to work the impound lot "to limit his public exposure." He was then fired 4 months later.
According to Cincinnati news station WLWT, "Cincinnati police leadership wrote, "Officer Weyda's tattoos are a violation that is ongoing and permanent. Additionally, Officer Weyda's tattoos do not promote the professional and neutral image of the Cincinnati Police Department and are injurious to the public trust." It continues "Weyda showed remorsefulness for obtaining the tattoo and acknowledged a lack of discretion since he obtained the tattoo in December 2021. Furthermore, Officer Weyda stated, like all of his tattoos, his hand tattoo has a personal message to him, and the words 'pure evil' should not be observed as one message. Officer Weyda explained the words "pure" and "evil" are separate from each other and the words themselves have separate meanings."
When confronted with his tats in a hearing, Weyda chose not to get the tattoos removed because it would cost too much.
