Missouri high court nixes $5M GEICO HPV judgment

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously overturned an arbitrator’s $5.2 million judgment in favor of a woman who contracted human papillomavirus from a GEICO customer while having sex in his insured car. The lower court did not allow the insurer to intervene in her lawsuit against the man; the high court vacated this erroneous ruling.