Australia, May 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 30:
1. The plaintiff, Steven Isaacman, brings proceedings against the defendant, Meaghan King, for damages arising by reason of various causes of action in accordance with the law of New York. The claims are based upon the fundamental assertion of fact that the defendant was responsible for transmission to the plaintiff of the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 ("HSV-2 virus") with which the plaintiff claims that he is now infected.
2. The proceedings were initially irregularly constituted and pleaded. The details of the irregularity in the commencement of proceedings, and the orders which I made to correct those irregularities can be ...