Section VI Privacy
What are the four major privacy torts?
Along with the four major privacy torts, some states like Virginia have their own privacy torts for situations where, for example, a cruel practical joke goes wrong.
Publication of Private Facts: A victim (or family) cannot recover damages after the media reveals the name of a sexual assault victim lawfully obtained from official records. What was the case?
Publication of Private Facts: A minor (or family) cannot recover damages after the media reveals a name obtained from official disclosures. What was the case?
False Light: USDA official fired after part of a video surfaces; a few days later, it turns out that the part was contradicted by the full video and the official sues the web site that published it. The suit was settled in 2015. What was the case?
Have courts tended to side with individual plaintiffs or with media respondents (defendants) in false light and publication of private facts lawsuits?
Have courts tended to side with individual plaintiffs or with media respondents (defendants) in intrusion and right of publicity lawsuits?
Misappropriation: The author of a book about children playing baseball was sued by one of his childhood friends who said the character “squints” was taken from his life. The courts said all authors borrow from life experience and it wasn’t misappropriation. What was the case?
Publication of Private Facts: A victim of forced sterilization at a state mental facility is named in an article about problems at the facility. She sues for invasion of privacy but the suit fails on the newsworthyness test.What was the case?
Publication of Private Facts: A man whose gay past was revealed after he prevented the assassination of then-president Gerald Ford could not recover damages for invasion of privacy. What was the case?
Publication of Private Facts: Publication of a sex tape involving a professional wrestler was outrageous and without public interest value, and therefore an invasion of privacy. What was the case?
The classic Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress case in Virginia was what case?
Intrusion: Press photographers and videographers are no longer allowed to accompany police when they execute search warrants as a result of this case. What was the case?