Gerry Beyer reports today in his
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog blog:
Internet Privacy: Something Else to Worry About Post-Mortem
Christos Catsouras was not allowed to see his 18-year-old daughter’s body after she swerved his Porsche to her death on Halloween 2006. Three weeks later, pictures that the California Highway Patrol took at the accident site were posted on hundreds of websites.
When confronted, CHP officials said there was nothing that they could do. Catsouras sued CHP, and California’s 4th District Court established that surviving family members have standing to sue for invasion of privacy in cases such as this one.
Go to
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/2010/05/internet-privacy-something-else-to-worry-about-postmortem.html to read the rest of Gerry's post and a link to Christopher Goffard original article in the Los Angeles Times,
Gruesome Death Photos are at the Forefront of an Internet Privacy Battle.
