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Invasion of Privacy Verdicts & Settlements Click on case name to purchase report
Verdict & Settlement Disposition Description Case Name
$400,000 A nurse learned that private information regarding her performance record had been revealed at a Labor Relations board hearing. Doe v. Wyoming Valley Health Care System
Luzerne Co., Pa., Ct. C.P. (01/31/08)
$230,000 Female department store employees charged that the management of the store secretly videotaped them while they changed into their uniforms. Folger v. Belk, Inc.
Athens-Clarke Co., Ga., Super. Ct., No. UNKNOWN (06/21/07)
$200,000 A corporate executive sued her ex-boyfriend for e-mailing nude photographs of her to her coworkers. She claimed invasion of privacy and emotional distress. Doe v. William Barlock, Jr.
Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Ct. C.P., No. CV-06-606140 (09/21/07)
$145,500 A class of police officers claimed that a hidden camera was placed in the police locker room. The camera observed them in various states of undress. Powers v. Township of Wall
D.N.J., No. 3:05-cv-03832-MLC-JJH (09/19/07)
$52,000 A teacher claimed her jilted boyfriend wrote a book of lies about her and distributed the book to her co-workers, friends and relatives. Gifford v. Azain
Cecil Co., Md., Cir. Ct., No. 07 C04000342 (07/09/07)
$14,125 DirecTV sued a group of individuals for utilizing devices to decrypt and view DirecTV satellite transmission programming. DirecTV, Inc. v. Seijas
D.N.J., No. 03-cv-2429 (07/27/07)
$9,500 While browsing in a store, a minor was followed by a security officer. He was told by the officer that he "looked like someone who had stolen from the store." Oginni v. TSA Stores Inc.
Dallas Co., Texas, Dist. Ct., No. 06-07763 (10/11/07)
Defense After a registered nurse was denied legal custody of a girl who was undergoing treatment, her job status was reduced. Her employers contended that this was not the result of any discriminatory behavior. Hallquist v. Chautauqua County
W.D.N.Y., No. 04-CV-827 (09/28/07)
Defense A woman accused the tenant in an adjacent apartment of spying on her. The owners of her building claimed that the neighbor's conduct was unforeseeable. Bedolla v. Dora Gomez
Santa Clara Co., Calif., Super. Ct., No. 106CV065999 (01/22/08)
Defense An IT director claimed that Business Week magazine identified him as having health problems. The publisher argued no one ever told them he must remain anonymous. Tilton v. McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
W.D. Wash., No. 06-CV-00098 (12/11/07)

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The HOT Sheet is a sampling of verdicts, settlements and bench decisions reported by VerdictSearch during the past 12 months. It is not a comprehensive list. It is offered to show a variety of fact patterns and award amounts in a particular area of litigation. The amounts do not reflect reductions for comparative negligence, remittitur or vacatur. In situations where awards are automatically trebled by statute, the trebled amount is listed.

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