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· 8/15/1996

Hanson v. Hancock County Memorial Hospital

Citations

  • 938 F. Supp. 1419
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11895
  • 1996 WL 466631

How courts have described this case

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  • interpreting Iowa cases concerning intrusion upon seclusion to require intrusions that would be “highly offensive to a reasonable person”
  • identifying the limited kinds of “intangible” property interests to which a conversion claim can be applied
  • finding privacy interest not the type of intangible property to which a conversion claim could apply
  • collecting over 15 Iowa cases where conduct found insufficiently outrageous as a matter of law and noting that “[f]ew cases can be located where an Iowa court actually held the conduct alleged was sufficiently outrageous”
  • communication to a small group does not constitute \publicity\

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Judges: Bennett

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