Should You Sue Over an STD?

Filed under: Sex, Love & Relationships

So, here's something interesting: A woman in Wisconsin is suing her former lover for $350,000 for allegedly giving her herpes. Or, more accurately, for failing to disclose that he carries the virus. Both parties are married to other people, and they had a one-day affair in Madison, the Paris of the midwest.

According to a story in the Janesville Gazette -- 'Suit accuses Edgerton man of spreading herpes' -- the woman is seeking payment from the man's auto and homeowners insurance (which apparently covers both household fires and a burning sensation when you pee).

To quote the article in the Gazette: "The two spent the day together in Madison in January 2010. When they returned to Janesville, the man initiated physical contact by holding hands, which advanced to kissing in his pickup truck and escalated to sexual activity. The man knew the risk of transmitting the disease, making him responsible for personal injury, intentional infection, emotional distress and assault and battery, the woman alleges in the lawsuit...During a February 2011 telephone conversation, the man told the woman's husband that he does not take medications to treat his herpes, according to the lawsuit. Medications could potentially have lowered the risk of transmitting the disease."

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