Warranty Implied
April, 1986
Herpes, the love bug, keeps making legal news. In a case discreetly titled Kathleen K. vs. Robert B., the California Court of Appeals has ruled that a woman who contracts herpes has the right to sue the man who infects her.Kathleen sued on four separate grounds: first, that Robert negligently infected her by making love to her at a time when he knew he had herpes; second, that the herpes constituted a battery upon her; third, that he intentionally inflicted "emotional distress" upon he...
