Woman Gets $900K in Herpes Case

Tuesday, 05 June 2012 | by Pat's Picks

“The woman was looking for a husband. Instead, she ended up with genital herpes.” In an unprecedented case, the Oregonian says a judge just awarded a Portland woman $900,000 after a man she met on eHarmony gave her herpes. Jurors were asked to contemplate, among other things, how much a person should be compensated for a contracting a disease that affects roughly 1 in 6 adults. 

SOURCE: Oregonian