Insurers Geico ordered to pay woman who caught STD having sex in car $5.2m

Missouri appellate court rules Geico must cover injuries and losses' from disease after 2014 incident in Hyundai Genesis

The insurance giant Geico must give more than $5m to a woman who had sex with a motorist in his car and contracted a sexually transmitted disease, a Missouri appellate court ruled.

The ruling represents a preliminary legal victory for the plaintiff over the company best known for commercials starring an anthropomorphized gecko which speaks with a British accent.