Corcoran v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

DIXON, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal adverse jury verdicts on their claim for invasion of privacy by Southwestern Bell, corporate defendant, and defendant Corcoran, plaintiffs’ former daughter-in-law.

Plaintiffs assert instructional error.

The facts are not at issue in this appeal, so they may be briefly summarized. Defendant Georganne Corcoran’s marriage to plaintiffs’ only son was dissolved in February, 1974. The husband was ordered to pay child support and maintenance. No child support was paid; the husband left Missouri, and the defendant tried, unsuccessfully, to locate him.

On May 31, 1974,…