(DOWNLOAD) "Joseph C. Flores v. Mosler Safe Company" by Court of Appeals of New York ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Joseph C. Flores v. Mosler Safe Company
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 30, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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[7 N.Y.2d 276 Page 278] This is an action for damages based upon the right of privacy created by section 51 of the Civil Rights Law. This section
provides, insofar as pertinent to this action, that: "Any person whose name, portrait or picture is used * * * for advertising
purposes or for the purposes of trade without the written consent * * * may maintain an equitable action * * * against * *
* the * * * corporation so using his name * * * to prevent and restrain the use thereof; and may also sue and recover damages
for any injuries sustained by reason of such use and if the defendant shall have knowingly used such person's name * * * in
such a manner as is forbidden * * * the jury, in its discretion, may award exemplary damages."