ACYCLOVIR just isn't enough for a British personal trainer, who is suing a woman he kissed on a date because he ended up with a cold sore.
45-year-old Martin Conway is claiming 136,328 (about A$250,000) from a woman he knew as Jovanna Lovelace because she failed to inform him she had the herpes simplex virus before they locked lips.
Conway told the UK Sun tabloid the pair met on a dating website, adding he was "left traumatised" by the cold sore, with his life allegedly turned upside down by the ordeal.
He claims the infection has led to panic attacks and stopped him pursuing his "dream career" as a lawyer.
Conway said he's unable to go cycling because he's worried getting too hot may cause a flare-up, and has been left at a higher risk of catching a case of the "rare but devastating" sporadic encephalitis.
"I was kissed before I was informed of any cold sore," he told the newspaper, insisting the woman had a "moral and ethical duty to warn me of the risks that I would be exposed to".
A formal compensation claim has been lodged in the Central London County Court, with the amount sought including income protection insurance and more than 100,000 to cover fortnightly therapy sessions until he turns 79.
In her defence Lovelace has denied any liability, describing the action as "frivolous and vexatious".
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