Amberleigh HUDSON v. GEICO INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., D/B/A GEICO General Insurance Company

Although I agree with the thrust of the Chief Justice’s dissent, I write separately to address points that I find worthy of .additional discussion. Indeed, “[o]ne can imagine few more sympathetic litigants than * * * a ‘Good Samaritan’ who stopped his [or her] car * * * to help a stranded motorist. * * * It is natural to sympathize with a litigant who has suffered harm caused by someone who cannot pay the consequences. But if sympathy were a rule of contract construction, there would soon be no law of contracts left.”1 While I understand that in deciding this particular case, the majority may…