TW: Sexual Content

The Missouri Court of Appeals has affirmed the decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, that an insurance company must pay a $5.2 million settlement granted to a woman who claimed she unwittingly caught a sexually transmitted disease from her former romantic partner in his car which was covered by the insurer. The case is M.O. v. Geico Gen. Ins. Co., No. WD84722, 2022 Mo. App. LEXIS 352 (Ct. App. June 7, 2022).

In an opinion issued on Tuesday, a three-judge panel found that the judgment entered against GEICO General Insurance Company during earlier arbitration proceedings was valid. The insurer sought to undo the action, and claimed that there were errors made at the lower court level, and that the settlement agreement was not in line with Missouri law.