Johnson v. Boeing Airplane Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This wás an action to recover damages for the alleged invasion of plaintiff’s “right of privacy” as a result of the unauthorized publication by defendant company of an advertisement in magazines of nation-wide circulation, and in which such advertisement appeared a photograph of plaintiff.

A demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence was sustained and he has appealed.

Briefly stated, the facts are as follows:

During the period from the spring of 1949 until some time in 1951 plaintiff was employed by defendant company as a sheet-metal worker and his duties…