Legal Question in Consumer Law in North Carolina

You can sue I suppose for the "injury" that he gave you, i.e., the STD. You can recover any lost wages, the cost of medical treatments, past, present and future, since you will have to take medication forever or until a cure is found. You can recover for pain and suffering, although I do not know your age or the extent of this given the nature of the disease. This is not like a broken bone. Having genital herpes does not seriously prevent you from doing a lot of things. And you still can have sexual relations with men - you just have to be careful and take precautions.

The real issue is going to be whether this guy has money or assets. He does not have insurance for something like this and you may have difficulty finding a lawyer.