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ZACCHINI v. SCRIPPS-HOWARD BROADCASTING CO.

No. 75-995.

47 Ohio St. 2d 224 (1976)

ZACCHINI, APPELLEE, v. SCRIPPS-HOWARD BROADCASTING CO., APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Spangenberg, Shibley, Traci & Lancione and Mr. John G. Lancione, for appellee.

Messrs. Baker, Hostetler & Patterson, Mr. Ezra K. Bryan, Mr. Don H. Pace and Mr. Lawrence V. Lindberg, for appellant.

STERN, J.

The complaint in this case claimed that "the defendant showed and commercialized the film of * * * [plaintiff's] act without his consent and such conduct by the defendant was unlawful appropriation of plaintiff's professional property." Appropriation is a well-recognized branch of the more general tort of interference with the right of privacy. In Housh v. Peth (1956), 165 Ohio St. 35,

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