Here are some of our recent STD Transmission verdicts and settlements:
STD Transmission – $1,300,000
Rivers Morrell represented a woman who received an STD from a prominent business heir who did not warn her in advance of intimate contact. The client developed an STD and our firm recovered a settlement to cover past, present and future medical expenses as well as damages for the anguish she suffered and the future impact the STD will have upon her life.
STD Oral Herpes Transmission – $417,000
We represented a woman who received Herpes (HSV-1) from someone she was dating. The defendant in the case denied that he had herpes, and denied any knowledge that he knew he had herpes when he dated our client. In our work on the case, our law firm found out the defendant was taking a medication that is used to treat herpes. The defendant claimed the medication was not for oral herpes but for a skin condition. We took this case to trial and achieved a verdict of $417,000 on behalf of our client as a result of oral herpes transmission without advance warning prior to intimate contact.
STD Transmission – $250,000
Rivers Morrell represented a woman who received an STD from a partner who did not warn her in advance of intimate contact. The client developed an STD and our firm recovered a settlement to cover past, present and future medical expenses as well as damages for the anguish she suffered and the future impact the STD will have upon her life.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Case: 6 Figures
This was an unusual case where the client contracted an STD. There were many complicated issues involving proof that the defendant transmitted the STD, a significant statute of limitations issue, and other legal and factual issues. After another law firm dropped the case, we assumed the prosecution of the case. After much discovery, and legal motions, the case then resolved in favor of the client, for well into the 6 figures.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Case: 6 Figures
Client saw 11 other attorneys before finding the Law Firm of Rivers J. Morrell, III. The defendant forged STD tests on his online profiles and preyed on multiple women at a time.
Patient Raped by Doctor: 7 Figures
In this case, the client was a patient of a medical doctor, who had prescribed multiple prescriptive, and addictive drugs to the client. On one of the patient visits, the doctor had unwanted sexual intercourse with the client/patient. The doctor denied that he had sexual intercourse with the client, and even if he did, the patient/client had consented to the sex. The case settled in favor of the client, shortly before the doctor committed suicide.
STD Settlements Without Insurance: 5 and 6 Figures
There have been dozens of cases when there is no insurance available and the defendant must pay any settlement out of their own pocket. The value of these cases is based upon the defendant’s ability to pay.