Legal Opinion
Staruski v. Continental Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 13, 1990No. 88-474PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
This tort case presents an issue of first impression in this state: May a person recover for wrongful invasion of privacy when her employer, without her consent, runs an advertisement in publicly circulated newspapers displaying her name and photograph and a text, falsely attributed to her, that praises the employer? The trial court ruled that she may not. We disagree, and accordingly reverse and remand.
In August 1985, Continental Telephone Company of Vermont (Contel) ran a series of advertisements in Vermont newspapers featuring certain of its employees. Plaintiff, a sales and service…
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