Government
Feb. 3, 2010
Court: CHP Can Be Liable for Gruesome Pics
Plaintiffs want to hold the highway patrol and two dispatchers liable for gruesome auto-accident photos of a teenager's decapitated corpse that turned up on the Internet.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - The California Highway Patrol and two of its dispatchers can be held liable for allowing - "for pure shock value" - gruesome auto-accident photographs of a teenager's decapitated corpse to escape to the Internet, an appellate court ruled.
The decision Friday by the 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana revives a privacy and emotional-distress lawsui...
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