Legal Opinion

Lake v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided September 18, 1997No. C7-97-263PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

Elh Lake and Mebssa Weber appeal from the dismissal of their action for failure to state a claim, arguing that this court should find there is a common law cause of action for the tort of invasion of privacy. We affirm.

FACTS

Lake and Weber claim that while in Mexico on spring break, their girlfriend and roommate jokingly took a photograph of them standing nude together outside their hotel shower. Lake and Weber took five rolls of film to their local Wal-Mart in Dil-worth, Minnesota, for developing. When they picked up their pictures, there was a notice stating that one…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pavesich v. New England Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Hinish v. Meier & Frank Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Elzie v. Commissioner of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  4. Munden v. HarrisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
  5. Richie v. Paramount Pictures Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1996

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hougum v. Valley Memorial HomesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Hougum v. Valley Memorial HomesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998

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