VOGEL et al. v. W.T. GRANT COMPANY


458 Pa. 124 (1974)

Vogel et al. v. W.T. Grant Company, Appellant. Vogel et al., Appellants, v. W.T. Grant Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Jacobson, with him R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., Stanley Weinberg, and Neighborhood Legal Services, for appellants at No. 104.

Emil E. Narick, with him Anderson, Moreland and Bush, for appellant at No. 105.

Emil E. Narick and Anderson, Moreland & Bush, for appellee at No. 104.

Peter D. Jacobson, Stanley Weinberg, and R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., for appellees at No. 105.

Before EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, October 16, 1974:

Since 1890 when Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis published their famous article The Right to Privacy,1 violation of this right has been steadily accepted as an actionable tort.2 In Pennsylvania the development of a cause of action for invasion of privacy has been somewhat sporadic. See Bennett v. Norban, 396 Pa. 94

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