Magenis v. Fisher Broadcasting, Inc.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered after the trial court’s dismissal of their claim for invasion of privacy by “false light” and the jury’s verdict for defendants in their claim for invasion of privacy by intrusion upon seclusion. We affirm.

Plaintiffs, Timothy and Kathy Magenis and their four minor children, filed their complaint on November 18, 1987, alleging that defendants “trespassed upon * * * plaintiffs’ seclusion” when they accompanied police officers, who were executing a warrant to search plaintiffs’ residence, and filmed the raid with video cameras and that defendants placed…