Sentences with phrase «false light»

Another candidate is the tort of false light invasion of privacy, which involved disclosure of true private facts in a manner that create a misleading impression.

Defense verdict on behalf of a major movie studio in a 1st Amendment / false light claim brought by a Civil Rights era icon

Then you take it upon yourself to litter said website with lies; the person whose name you co-opted could successfully sue for online defamation or false light invasion of privacy.

Recent exhibitions include Prospects and Concepts in the Van Nelle Fabriek in Rotterdam, Asleep Finger in Kunstraum Düsseldorf and False Light at Apice for Artists in Amsterdam.

Justice Mew first declined to recognize a claim based on the alleged public disclosure of private facts (or false light publicity).

3/4/08 - Former defendant Anthony Ciolli filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court against the plaintiffs, their lawyers, and other defendants for wrongful initiation of civil proceedings, abuse of process, libel, slander, false light invasion of privacy, tortious interference with contract, and unauthorized use of name or likeness.

They portray the Bible and Christianity in a false light and when they leave this Earth, they will get their reward at the judgement seat of God.

While running the Windward Passage during a dangerous night of 25 - foot seas, the helmsman took his bearings off a false light and ran onto a reef near the old town of Baracoa on the north Cuban coast.

«As a result of the defamatory... statements by the defendants,» it states, «(Mipro) has sustained damage to her reputation as an educator and parent, such that... information circulated in the school systems would cast a false light on petitioner and influence and prevent her from being hired by another school.»

In my eyes the project was presented in a false light, portrayed to be something it actually wasn't in order for it to gain the support of the Yogscast audience, an audience whose trust was misplaced.

Still was aware of the false light that words can cast and the responsibility on the artist not to undermine art's natural subjectivity with the assimilation society seeks.

LASIS says that O'Meara could pursue a claim of «false light» against Tuiasosopo, although such a claim is by no means a sure - fire win.

One who gives publicity to a matter concerning another that places the other before the public in a false light is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if (a) the false light in which the other was placed would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (b) the actor had knowledge of or acted in reckless disregard as to the falsity of the publicized matter and the false light in which the other would be placed.

Plaintiffs» theory of harm seems to have shifted — from one grounded largely in loss of employment, to one grounded largely in a tort (IIED / false light / defamation).

In New Jersey, there is simply the traditional tort claims of intrusion upon solitude, unreasonable publicity of private life, false light, and appropriation of name or likeness.

Publicity which places the plaintiff in a false light in the public eye.

In addition to intellectual property issues, there is a good chance that if the correspondence between the real restaurant and your game is close enough, and the game displays the restaurant in a negative light (perhaps partially due to video game hyperbole) that you will be sued (quite possibly successfully) for defamation, for «injurious falsehood», or for the tort of «false light» (if that privacy tort has been adopted in a state where the game is sold).

Arguably, if the sites provided the information without making clear that it might not be current because records were expunged or corrected, there might be a claim for negligent misrepresentation, false light, or even defamation, but I seriously doubt that even those claims would hold up.

Earlier this morning, the good professor applied case law to the plaintiffs» allegations (that the ad libeled them, placed them in a false light, used their likenesses for commercial benefit, invaded their privacy, intentionally inflicted of emotional distress), and finds them wanting.

The suit also alleges the publisher violated Alex Malarkey's right to privacy, cast him in a false light, intruded on his seclusion, defamed him, violated Illinois law barring deceptive trade practices, and financially exploited him in violation of an Illinois law barring the exploitation of people with disabilities.

claims so egregious that White and O'Connell should be subjected to the Jewish Hospital's lawsuit alleging multiple claims of Abuse of Process, Slander Per Se, False Light, Invasion of Privacy, Interference with Prospective Business Advantage, Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings, and should be subject to damages including Punitive Damages, Attorney Fees and Court Costs.

«Florida Supreme Court rejects «false light» lawsuit»: The St. Petersburg Times today contains an article that begins, «In a victory for Florida newspapers and freedom of speech, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit that penalized a newspaper for publishing a story that was true.»