COHEN v. HERBAL CONCEPTS


63 N.Y.2d 379 (1984)

Susan Cohen et al., Respondents, v. Herbal Concepts, Inc., et al., Defendants, and The Hearst Corporation et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lola Sullivan Reynolds, Ralph P. Huber and Nancy K. Nadler for appellants.

Herman Schmertz for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and KAYE concur.


SIMONS, J.

Plaintiffs bring this action pursuant to section 51 of the Civil Rights Law seeking damages from defendants for publishing photographs of them for advertising purposes. It is conceded for purposes of this appeal that plaintiffs are the persons shown in the photographs and that defendants used the photographs as claimed without their consent. The legal issue...

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