Supreme Court of California

In a tort action alleging intrusion into a protected place, interest, or matter, and violations of the right to privacy, court of appeals judgment reversing summary judgment for defendants is reversed where plaintiffs did not establish that defendants' challenged conduct was highly offensive and constituted an egregious violation of prevailing social norms, as activation of a surveillance system was narrowly tailored in place, time, and scope and was prompted by legitimate business concerns, and plaintiffs were not at risk of being monitored or recorded during regular work hours and were never actually caught on camera or videotape.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/03/2009
• Published 08/03/2009

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eisenberg & Associates, Arnold Kessler, Berkeley, and Mark S. Eisenberg for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Seyfarth Shaw, Laura Wilson Shelby, Century City, Holger G. Besch, Downtown, Candice Zee, Century City, and Amy C. Chang for Defendants and Respondents., Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul W. Cane, Jr., San Francisco, and Teresa J. Hutson for Employers Group and California Employment Law Council as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.