HOWELL v. NEW YORK POST CO.


81 N.Y.2d 115 (1993)

Pamela J. Howell et al., Appellants, v. New York Post Company, Inc., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schiavetti, DeVito, Begos & Nicholson, New York City (Padraic D. Lee, Lori Ann Marano, Jacqueline Mandell and Peter Brown of counsel), for appellants.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, New York City (Laurence Greenwald, William A. Rome and Randy L. Shapiro of counsel), for respondents.

Judges SIMONS, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judge SMITH taking no part.


Chief Judge KAYE.

This appeal, involving a newspaper's publication of plaintiff's photograph without her consent, calls upon us to consider the relationship between two separate but potentially overlapping torts: intentional infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of the right to privacy.1

In early September 1988, plaintiff...

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