Question

A woman is walking down a public sidewalk with a man who is not her husband. A newspaper photographer, standing on the sidewalk across the street, takes a picture of the couple, and the picture appears in the next day's paper. The woman would have a good case for:

None of the below:
-appropriation
- intrusion
- private facts
- false light

Answer 1

Answer: The woman would have a good case for:

None of the below:

-appropriation

- intrusion

- private facts

- false light.

Appropriation is defined as , the principle that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself.

Intrusion can be defined as forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.

Private facts refers to information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances not accessible by the public.

False light refers to a cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person.

The photographer cannot be charged for any of the following because him taking a photograph does not in any way commit any of these.