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"A jury found a man guilty of knowingly passing genital herpes along to his sexual partner, and now he has to pay up: $900,000 in restitution. Do you think the punishment was justified? A jury in Oregon has awarded a woman (who remains anonymous) the whopping amount of $900,000 for the pain and suffering associated with contracting genital herpes from a guy she met on eHarmony. While the sex was consensual, the man reportedly refused to wear a condom and a juror said, &amp;quot;We all felt he should have told her [that he had herpes]&amp;amp;#8212;he had the responsibility to tell her.&amp;quot; According to the LA Times, &amp;quot;Very shortly afterward, he said, the man told her he had herpes, though he was not suffering lesions at the time. Vogt [the woman&amp;#x27;s attorney] said the virus is transmissible not only when there are obvious lesions, but when the virus is in a &amp;amp;#8220;shedding&amp;amp;#8221; phase with no outward signs.&amp;quot; Vogt said, &amp;quot;I argued that the reason he told her [after the fact] was that he had a guilty conscience about what he had just done.&amp;quot; The woman, who came down with herpes 11 days after she had sex with the man, reportedly suffered from depression as a result. Her attorney praises her bravery in bringing the case forward: &amp;quot;Ninety-nine percent of the people who find themselves in (her) situation simply wring their hands and do nothing.&amp;quot; What do you think? P.S. Another woman speaks out about suing her ex over a sexually transmitted infection. And, in case you have ever wondered: Is your labia normal looking? Photo: istock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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