Williams v. KCMO Broadcasting Division— Meredith Corp.

HOWARD, Judge.

This is an action for invasion of privacy growing out of a television news broadcast. The trial court sustained defendant’s motion for summary judgment and the appellant has duly appealed to this court. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared below.

There are no controverted issues of fact in this case. On January 16, 1969, the plaintiff, a high school senior without any prior arrest record, came downtown in Kansas City, Missouri, for the purpose of answering an ad for a job. He encountered two fellow students and since it was too early to apply for the job, they agreed to…