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$5M settlement for STD in a car: What exactly does your insurance cover?

$5M settlement for STD in a car: What exactly does your insurance cover?

FromSomething Offbeat


$5M settlement for STD in a car: What exactly does your insurance cover?

FromSomething Offbeat

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Jul 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Last month an appeals court in Missouri confirmed a decision that awarded a woman more than $5 million from Geico after she says she contracted an STD from her partner in his car. That claim raises the question of what’s considered "the normal use of a vehicle." Tom Baker, an insurance law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, explains that how the case got to this point and details other interesting insurance claims he's seen.
Released:
Jul 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.