131 Mich. App. 177 - Harkey v. Abate’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently March 2018
7 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
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“The type of invasion of privacy asserted by plaintiff does not depend upon any publicity given to the person whose interest is invaded, but consists solely of an intentional interference with his or her interest in solitude or seclusion of a kind that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person. [Citation.] Clearly, plaintiff and her daughter in this case had a right to privacy in the public restroom in question. In our opinion, the installation of the hidden viewing devices alone constitutes an interference with that privacy which a reasonable person would find highly offensive. And though the absence of proof that the devices were utilized is relevant to the question of damages, it is not fatal to plaintiff's case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that the defendant had installed see-through panels in the ceiling of the restroom which permitted surreptitious observation from above the interior, including the separately partitioned stalls.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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