Bodah v. Lakeville Motor Express, Inc.

OPINION

MINGE, Judge.

The safety director of respondent trucking company faxed a list of 204 employee names and social security numbers to 16 trucking terminals in six states. Appellants brought an invasion of privacy class-action lawsuit. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim, ruling that the dissemination did not constitute publication to the public at large or to a substantial group of people. Appellants contend that (a) respondent’s dissemination meets the established “publicity” thresholds; and (b) this court should adopt a new publicity threshold because…