Question

A local newspaper devotes its New Year's Day issue to people who have performed heroically during the past year. One of the people included in the article was Janet, a local actress. Eight months earlier, a fire started in the theater while she was in the middle of a performance. Rather than running out, she stayed to help frightened members of the audience get out of the theater. The New Year's article stated that Janet had been unable to find work as an actress because of burns to her hands and feet and that, as a result, she owes a great deal of money. Janet sued the newspaper for invasion of privacy.
Required:
How should the case be decided?

Answer 1

Answer:

PRIVACY RIGHT of a person or an individual

does not allow giving a person which is the plantiff a publicity that are unnecessary based on that person private life unless if the plantiff information they want to write about is important to the article.

Explanation:

Based on the information given we were told

that Janet was included in a local newspaper

for the people who have performed heroically in which the article stated that she had been unable to find work due to burns to Janet hands and her feet which in turn makes Janet to sued the newspaper for the invasion of her privacy.

Therefore how the case should be decided is that the PRIVACY RIGHT of a person or an individual does not allow giving a person which is the plantiff a publicity that are unnecessary based on that person private life unless if the plantiff information they want to write about is important to the article.