Legal Opinion
Finger v. Omni Publications International., Ltd.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1990PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Alexander, J.
Plaintiffs Joseph and Ida Finger commenced this action on behalf of themselves and their six children against defendant Omni Publications International, Ltd. seeking damages for the publication, without their consent, of a photograph of plaintiffs in conjunction with an article in Omni magazine discussing a research project relating to caffeine-aided fertilization.
The salient facts are uncontroverted. The June 1988 issue of Omni magazine included in its "Continuum” segment an article entitled "Caffeine and Fast Sperm”, in which it was indicated that based on…
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