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California Court of Appeal· 7/25/1973

Noble v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Citations

  • 33 Cal. App. 3d 654
  • 109 Cal. Rptr. 269
  • 73 A.L.R. 3d 1164
  • 1973 Cal. App. LEXIS 922

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding no distinction between employee and independent contractor where store owner hires independent detective agency to protect its property
  • finding no distinction between employee and independent contractor where store owner hires independent detective agency to protect its property
  • reversing a lower court’s dismissal of a cause of action for “unreasonably intrusive investigation” in violation of the right to privacy where a private investigator obtained entrance into a hospital room by deception and then recorded a patient
  • finding facts sufficient to state an intrusion upon 1 seclusion claim where an investigator hired by the defendant in a personal injury suit 2 gained admission to the plaintiff’s hospital room and, through deception, obtained 3 evidence
  • reversing a lower court’s dismissal of a cause of action for “unreasonably intrusive investigation” in violation of the right to privacy where a private investigator obtained entrance into a hospital room by deception and then recorded a patient
  • hirer of a detective agency for either a single investigation or for the protection of property may be liable for the intentional torts of employees of the private detective agency committed in the course of employment

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Judges: Kingsley

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