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Dates: during 1987-1987
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These claims are being given momentum by an appellate court ruling last December in New York, a state that exerts substantial legal influence beyond its boundaries. The decision upheld the right of Jane Maharam, 56, to sue her former husband Robert, 56, on her claim that he had herpes and did not tell her. The court found that such partners have a legal duty to inform each other about their venereal diseases. Jane, who was married to Robert, an entrepreneur, for 31 years before the couple were divorced in 1984, is seeking damages of more than $2.5 million. The manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: The Cost of Kissing and Not Telling | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

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