Legal Opinion
Pajewski v. Perry
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 5, 1976No. 122, 1974 and 195, 1975PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Justice:
In these actions for libel and for wrongful invasion of privacy, the Superior Court determined that the State of Delaware, in the person of the Governor and a Cabinet Secretary, was immunized from liability for any claim based on tort but not for one rooted in contract. We consider appeals by both the State and plaintiffs.
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Plaintiffs, father and his minor child, allege that the Department of Health and Social Services, a State agency created under 29 Del.C. § 7901, received in the regular course of its business confidential information about their family history. They say that…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Muskopf v. Corning Hospital DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Holytz v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
- Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Stone v. Arizona Highway CommissionArizona Supreme Court · 1963
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3Cited by38 opinions
- West v. KeveCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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- Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. CatesSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985
- West v. KeveCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Turnbull v. FinkSupreme Court of Delaware · 1995
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