Q&A: Damages Payment for Infecting Someone with a Disease
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Damages Payment for Infecting Someone with a Disease
Question
If someone infected another person with a disease by injecting the virus, spitting, breathing on him, or touching him, and the other person was seriously harmed, is he obligated to pay damages in a human court?
Answer
Simply speaking, this is indirect damage (and damage that is not externally visible), for which he is liable in the eyes of Heaven.
See, for example, here: https://olamot.net/shiurim/%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A7%D7%AA/