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Hall v. Post
Facts
The plaintiffs, Susie Hall (child) and Mary Hall (adoptive mother) sued Defendant The Salisbury Post and its reporter, Rose Post, for invasion of privacy based on two articles published in Defendant’s newspaper, one entitled “Ex-Carny seeks Baby Abandoned 17 Years Ago”. Susie was apparently abandoned by her parents as an infant; she was left by her father with babysitter Mary. The article detailed the facts surrounding Susie’s abandonment, and the mother’s desire to return to the area and locate her long-lost child. Based on responses to the article Susie was located and a 2nd article was published identifying Plaintiffs and the details of the telephone encounter between Mary and the birth mother. As a result, Plaintiffs were compelled to flee their home to avoid the public attention, and each of them sought psychiatric care for their emotional and mental distress caused by the incident.
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