ANONYMOUS v. LERNER

13974, 157590/13.

124 A.D.3d 487 (2015)

998 N.Y.S.2d 619

ANONYMOUS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM LERNER, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided January 20, 2015.


While plaintiff's allegations concerning the negligent and fraudulent transmission of genital herpes, a sexually transmitted disease, implicates a substantial privacy right (cf. "J. Doe No. 1" v CBS Broadcasting Inc., 24 A.D.3d 215 [1st Dept 2005]), "the trial court should ... exercise its discretion to limit the public nature of judicial proceedings `sparingly' and `then, only when unusual circumstances necessitate it'" (Anonymous...

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