Carriers can be Liable for HIV Spread

A divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that people who lead high-risk sexual lifestyles have good reason to know they may infected with the virus that causes AIDS and are responsible for informing partners about possible exposure. The ruling came in a case when a woman accused her ex-husband of giving her HIV on her honeymoon. They ruled that people who because of their behavior might be infected, even if they are unsure, have the obligation to tell their sexual partners. The husband told his new wife that he was monogamous, healthy and disease-free and insisted on having unprotected sex. Afterwards she started suffering from exhaustion and fevers and tested positive for HIV the next month. Her husband tested positively for HIV shortly thereafter. He accused her of bringing HIV into the marriage when indeed he later admitted that he had previously had sex with men.