Wojtowicz v. Delacorte Press
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCapozzoli, J.
Defendants seek dismissal of the first, second, fifth, sixth, ninth and tenth causes of action in the complaint herein.
We are faced with the question of whether, on the uncontroverted facts in this record, plaintiffs have any cause of action for invasion of their right to privacy under sections 50 and 51 *46of the New York Civil Rights Law. We conclude that they do not.
This action had its genesis in the bizarre events which took place at a Brooklyn bank on August 22, 1972. On that date John Wojtowicz and Sal Naturile attempted, unsuccessfully, to rob a branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank. They…
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