EX PARTE BIRMINGHAM NEWS, INC.

1981445.

778 So.2d 814 (2000)

Ex parte The BIRMINGHAM NEWS, INC. (Re The Birmingham News, Inc. v. Teresa Watson).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg L. Smith and Sarah J. Carlisle of Carr, Allison, Pugh, Howard, Oliver & Sisson, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner.

David E. Hampe, Jr., Birmingham, for respondent.


BROWN, Justice.

This is an invasion-of-privacy case arising from an alleged incident of sexual harassment in the workplace. The plaintiff, Teresa Watson, was employed by a temporary agency that placed her in a job with The Birmingham News, Inc. ("The News"), a newspaper publisher. She sued The News, alleging that it, through a person she claimed was its agent and whom she identified as "Derrick," had invaded her privacy by giving publicity to an incident between her...

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