Legal Opinion
Haybeck v. Prodigy Services Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 12, 1996No. 95 Civ. 9612(SS)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
In this diversity action, plaintiff alleges that she contracted the HIV virus from Jacob Jacks (hereinafter “Jacks”), 1 an employee of defendant Prodigy Services Company (hereinafter “Prodigy”), whom plaintiff first met in an on-line Prodigy sex chat room. Plaintiff contends that under theories of re-spondeat superior or negligent hiring and retention, Prodigy is responsible for Jacks’ transmission of the HIV virus to her because Prodigy knew that Jacks had the AIDS virus and knew that Jacks was having sex with customers he met on-line. Prodigy moves…
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