Bellevue John Does 1-11 v. Bellevue School District No. 405

¶52 (dissenting) — In Hearst Corp. v. Hoppe, 90 Wn.2d 123, 580 P.2d 246 (1978), this court adopted Restatement (Second) of Torts § 652D (1977) (§ 652D), which recites the common law as the definition of the “right of privacy” in the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW.26 In 1987, the legislature explicitly stated that the *228definition adopted in Hearst is the legislatively intended meaning that “right of privacy” has under the PRA. Laws of 1987, ch. 403, § 2, at 1547.

¶53 Without justification, the majority refuses to accept the common law meaning set out in Hearst. In reformulating the…