Any person, firm, or corporation which gives publicity to a matter concerning a natural person that places that person before the public in a false light is subject to liability for invasion of privacy, if: (1) The false light in which the other was placed would be highly offensive to a reasonable person; and (2) The actor had knowledge of or acted in reckless disregard as to the falsity of the publicized matter and the false light in which the other would be placed.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-204
Invasion of privacy; place person before public in false light
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Jensen v. Sawyers (2005)
Most recently applied in Elbert v. Young (July 2022)
Laws 1979, LB 394, § 4.
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