DENVER PUB. CO. v. BUENO

No. 01SC386.

54 P.3d 893 (2002)

The DENVER PUBLISHING COMPANY d/b/a Rocky Mountain News, Petitioner, v. Manuel Edward ("Eddie") BUENO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Marc D. Flink, Denver, Colorado, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Bruce W. Sanford, Bruce D. Brown, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Petitioner.

Roger T. Castle, P.C., Roger T. Castle, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

Faegre & Benson, LLP, Thomas B. Kelley, Steven D. Zansberg, Christopher P. Beall, Denver, Colorado, Amici Curiae for the Colorado Press Association; Colorado Broadcasters Association; Society of Professional Journalists and Newspaper Association of America.


Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

With this case we address whether Colorado permits a plaintiff to sue for the tort of false light invasion of privacy: a cause of action arising out of publicity that unreasonably places another person in a false light before the public. In Bueno v. Denver Publishing Co., 32 P.3d 491 (Colo.App.2000), the court of appeals answered that question affirmatively, ruling that plaintiff...

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