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BARBIERI v. NEWS-JOURNAL COMPANY

189 A.2d 773 (1963)

John P. BARBIERI, Appellant, v. NEWS-JOURNAL COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

March 13, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiram W. Warder, Wilmington, for appellant.

Louis J. Finger, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellee.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and TERRY, JJ., sitting.

SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

The tort complained of here — violation of the right of privacy — has never been expressly recognized as a part of our law. Reardon v. News-Journal Co., Del., 164 A.2d 263, assumed, without deciding, that it is an actionable wrong. The facts of the instant case are as follows:

On March 27, 1961, the "Wilmington Morning News" reported in its news column a statement of a member of the...

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