ALMEIDA v. AMAZON.COM, INC.

Nos. 04-15341, 04-15561.

456 F.3d 1316 (2006)

Thais Cardoso ALMEIDA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig P. Kalil, Hendrik G. Milne, Carlos F. Osorio, Aballi, Milne, Kalil & Escagedo, P.A., Miami, FL, for Almeida.

Vanessa Soriano Power, Stoel Rie, LLP, Seattle, WA, John H. Pelzer, Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and HULL, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.


RESTANI, Judge:

Thais Cardoso Almeida brought this action against Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon") for displaying her image on its websites in furtherance of its sale of the book Anjos Proibidos. Almeida asserted claims against Amazon pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 540.08 (West 2006), for civil theft pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 772.11 (West 2006), and under Florida's common law doctrine of invasion of privacy. The district court granted summary judgment in favor...

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