Legal Opinion
Anonymous v. Lerner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 20, 2015No. 13974 157590/13PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered March 12, 2014, which granted defendant’s motion to compel plaintiff to be named in the action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
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 AD3d 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…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- J. Doe No. 1 v. CBS Broadcasting Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Doe v. New York UniversityNew York Supreme Court · 2004
- Anonymous v. AnonymousAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Doe v. KiddNew York Supreme Court · 2008
3Cited by13 opinions
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- Doe v. Bloomberg L.P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
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