In Illinois at least, if you fail to disclose an STD to a partner and said partner contracts the disease, you are liable for his/her medical costs and testing.
There have been too many cases where orders of protection were violated and the woman ends up being killed by the very man she was trying to get protection from in the first place.
According to the Washington Post, Judge Alito ruled in favor of VanGuard. It was later discovered he was an investor in the very company. Even though he later excused himself from future cases with them, how come he didn't refuse the case when it first crossed his desk? It seems like a conflict of interest.
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