A 33 year-old-Wisconsin woman is suing a 35-year-old man for $350,000, claiming that he knowingly gave her genital herpes.
Both parties, neither of whom is named in a Janesville Gazette story, are married to other people, though according to WTAQ they had dated in the late ’90s. They started a flirtatious relationship in 2009 which crescendoed in a night of romance in the man’s pick-up truck (Well, I don’t know about how romantic it was but apparently they got it on.) The man denies giving her the STD but she claims that he and her husband of eight years were her only partners; and that her husband has been hesitant to have sex with her since the herpes diagnosis.
According to CriminalDefenseLawyer.com, Wisconsin, along with many other states, doesn’t have a specific statute against transmitting STDs. The site does have a handy chart to let you know the legal standards there are in your state if, indeed, there are any.
Just another example, perhaps, of why it’s sometimes good to leave the past in the past.
Both parties, neither of whom is named in a Janesville Gazette story, are married to other people, though according to WTAQ they had dated in the late ’90s. They started a flirtatious relationship in 2009 which crescendoed in a night of romance in the man’s pick-up truck (Well, I don’t know about how romantic it was but apparently they got it on.) The man denies giving her the STD but she claims that he and her husband of eight years were her only partners; and that her husband has been hesitant to have sex with her since the herpes diagnosis.
According to CriminalDefenseLawyer.com, Wisconsin, along with many other states, doesn’t have a specific statute against transmitting STDs. The site does have a handy chart to let you know the legal standards there are in your state if, indeed, there are any.
Just another example, perhaps, of why it’s sometimes good to leave the past in the past.
But on another note, the man must have understood the peril that he would potentially be exposing any partner to given his reluctance to take his medicine which could have lessened the chances of passing on the disease to an unwitting partner. On some level he knew he was walking around with a loaded gun, no pun intended.
I suppose the case rests on the logic of this series: don’t ask, don’t tell, suffer some consequences, then sue. Then again, it’s a novel approach to seeking justice, and it could very well pay off.
[https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/07/woman-sues-man-for-knowingly-giving-her-genital-herpes/]
From what we know about genital herpes, isn't it possible that she had it from their first encounter? It doesn't say how long he has known he had it, and even if he was only diagnosed recently, it does not mean he didn't have it when they were first together as well, and was just asymptomatic. I know this is an old article, but I had to throw it out there.