McCormack v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.

DOOLIN, Justice:

By court decision, Oklahoma already recognizes a limited cause of action in tort founded on invasion of privacy. Munley v. ISC Financial House, Inc., 584 P.2d 1336 (Okl.1978) applied the Restatement of the Law of Torts § 652, its standards and definitions, to an action based on creditor harassment. In addition 21 O.S.1971 § 839.1 prohibits appropriation for one’s own benefit of another’s name or likeness and makes such appropriation a misdemean- or. Section 839.2 provides a cause of action for damages resulting from the appropriation. 1

In the present case a different form of…