INVESTIGATOR LIABILITY FOR INVASION OF PRIVACY TORTS

摘要

Often During A Fire Investi-gation, suspicion leads an investigator to focus on the activities of several people as potentially being involved in starting or spreading a fire. The investigator should be mindful of tort liability for invasion of privacy issues. Otherwise, he may be opening a "Pandora's box" of potential civil claims if his activities are found not to be immune. This article discusses invasion of privacy torts based on the recent California Supreme Court case of Ruth Shulman v. Group W Productions, Inc. (1998) 18 Cal.4th 200 (finding subjects of a documentary television show could allege claims for invasion of privacy).