California appellate court upholds $2.75 million award against man who transmitted genital herpes to girlfriend
Behr v. Redmond (Cal. App. Mar. 2, 2011)
Decision: official. Background: Justice Steven Vartabedian (Ret.); Matthew Heller
Opinion by Justice King
Plaintiff sued former boyfriend, obtaining a jury award of $4 million in compensatory damages and $2.8 million in exemplary damages. The appellate court found the compensatory verdict excessive, remitting it to $1.6 million, but upheld the exemplary award in full.
David Paron and Paul D. Herbert for plaintiff
Robert M. Frisbee, Kent L. Richland, Robin Meadow and Michael Anthony Brown for defendant.