Froelich v. Werbin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an action to recover damages for an alleged invasion of plaintiffs privacy. The plaintiff-appellant is William Froelich. The defendant-appellee is Syd Werbin. The plaintiff’s claim for invasion of his privacy arose in October 1969 while plaintiff was a patient at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. The theory of the plaintiff’s case is that the defendant Werbin caused plaintiff’s privacy to be intruded upon by hiring a hospital orderly, Dan Marlett, to enter plaintiff’s hospital room to obtain samples of plaintiff’s hair without…