Legal Article
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Personal Injury: Can you sue your Ex for Giving you an STD?
A governing legal principle in our society is that we have a duty to avoid causing an unreasonable risk of harm to others. In plain English this means “don’t do something which you know will hurt someone.” In most states this duty extends to sexual partners. A partner who knows or should have known that they are infected with a sexually transmitted disease is increasingly being held liable for transmitting the disease to an unknowing partner. This includes herpes, AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, genital warts and crabs. Prevalence of STDs/HIV In the latest figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control, over 1.1 million people in the US are HIV … more
