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Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)

| July 03, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Contra Costa Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Matt Krupnick

Jul. 3--The California Supreme Court ruled today that an HIV-positive woman is entitled to know her husband's sexual history to determine whether he should have known he had the virus when they were married.

The 5-2 decision in the Los Angeles County case overturned a lower-court ruling and allowed the woman, identified only as Bridget B., to request the name, address and telephone number of male sexual partners her husband was with for the five months before the couple married in July 2000. Writing for the majority, Justice Marvin Baxter noted that state laws meant to crack down on intentional HIV transmission "are strong…

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