Invasion of Privacy - False Light

The elements of a “False Light” claim are not set out consistently.

Some courts hold that "to state a claim for the tort of false light invasion of privacy plaintiff must plead that

(1) the defendant caused to be generated publicity of the plaintiff that was false or misleading; and
(2) the publicity was offensive to a reasonable person.

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