Pradel v. Pradel

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• holding that the failure of a person to warn his sexual partner that he had genital herpes was grounds for liability for transmission of the disease
• stating that an “infected person has a duty to take reasonable precautions— whether by warning others or by avoiding contact with them—to avoid transmitting the disease”
• finding that the emotional distress caused by the transmission of herpes, including the fact that the plaintiff felt extremely distressed by the limitations on her normal sexual activity, marriage prospects, and childbearing, fulfilled requirement of severe emotional injury
• finding that the emotional distress caused by the transmission of herpes, including the fact that the plaintiff felt extremely distressed by the limitations on her normal sexual activity, marriage prospects, and childbearing, fulfilled requirement of severe emotional injury
• approving a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress following infection with the HIV virus
• sustaining cause of action for IIED when a physician with herpes had sex with nurse without informing her that he had the disease and infected her

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