invasion of privacy

Topic: Please read the following problem. Use Westlaw to conduct your research. Provide one case that answers the question at hand. Give The Bluebook citation to the case as well as the Facts, Issue, Rule, Analysis, and Conclusion of the case. Then apply the case tothe fact situation.

Your client has come to you for advice with a legal issue she is having. About a month ago the mail carrier mistakenly delivered her neighbor’s credit card statement to her home. Your client opened it before she realized that it was not addressed to her. She was just a little curious, so she did spend a few minutes looking it over, before carefully putting it back in the envelope. She then promptly took it to her neighbor and explained the mistake. She did not tell anyone else about the information she found out.

Although your client apologized, her neighbor is furious and wants to sue your client for invasion of privacy. Your supervising attorney has told you there are four types of invasion of privacy. He has asked you to find out which one your client might have committed. Please use Westlaw to research for case law that may be helpful with this issue. Once you locate a case from your jurisdiction, please provide the citation, facts, issue, rule, analysis, and conclusion. Once you have done that please make comparisons with your classmates.

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Stella Irene Bernard sued her employer for invasion of privacy. The case resulted from a disclosure of wiretapped telephone communication which occurred during an investigation that was done by plaintiff’s former husband. This case was referred to as intrusion of solitude because the employer interfered with privacy information.

Issue

Did the defendant Akzona Incorporated, have any information concerning the wiretapped telephone communication, therefore liable for the case

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