Legal Opinion
Heath v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided February 23, 1990No. 89-6065-CIVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
SCOTT, District Judge.
In this action, Sally Heath as the guardian ad litem for Jane Doe, a minor child, sues the publishers of Playboy magazine, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., (“PEI”) for invasion of privacy. PEI published the child’s photograph with an account of her paternity in “The Year In Sex” issue of Playboy. Defendant has moved for summary judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
The facts are not in dispute. In 1987, Tanena Love (“Love”) brought a paternity action against Christopher Carson (“Carson”) in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida on behalf of Cristal Love…
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