Sellers v. Henry
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
This action involves a claim for damages for an alleged invasion of the right of privacy. A summary judgment was entered dismissing the complaint, and the plaintiffs have appealed.
Roy Sellers and wife brought the action against C. D. Henry, alleging that the Sellers’ young daughter was killed in an automobile accident, and that her head, face and body were mutilated and torn; that the defendant took photographs of the girl’s body and “unlawfully, wrongfully, intentionally, wilfully and without right published a copy of said photograph which showed, depicted, disclosed,…
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