Jury Awards $6.7M over Failure to Disclose Herpes
Rejecting a wealthy businessman’s testimony that he told a California woman about his genital herpes infection before they became sexual partners, a jury has ordered him to pay her more than $6.7 million for negligent transmission of the disease.
The award includes $2.75 million in punitive damages, which means the jury concluded that Tom Redmond, 77, acted outrageously and recklessly in failing to advise Patricia Behr, 56, that he was infected when they began having sex in October 2003. She tested positive for the virus after they broke up in July 2004.
The trial in Riverside County (Calif.) Superior Court lasted 11 days, with the jury also awarding Behr $2.5 million in compensatory damages for future medical expenses and $1.5 million for pain and suffering.
Source: OnPointNews.com
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