Roe v. Doe

WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:

In June 2011, appellee Jane Doe sued appellant John Roe1 claiming that he negligently infected her with herpes during their relationship in 2010.2 Appellant appeals from a jury verdict finding him liable for one count of negligent infliction of herpes and argues that the judgment should be reversed and the case remanded because the trial judge abused his discretion in imposing on him a disproportionately severe discovery sanction for his failure to properly provide sexually transmitted disease (“STD”) test results to appellee. For the reasons articulated below, we find…