Private Facts -- Oregon

Anderson v. Fisher Broadcasting (Or. 1986)

In order to bring an action for publication of private facts:

• the publication "must qualify as extraordinary conduct that a jury could find to be beyond the farthest reach of socially tolerable behavior"

Plaintiff must show:

• that the information "was either obtained or broadcast in a manner or for a purpose wrongful beyond the unconsented publication itself..."

Examples of wrongful conduct:

• Publishing information in a socially intolerable way.

• Publishing wrongfully obtained material (e.g., bribery).

• Violating a contract or consent agreement.

• Disregarding a duty of confidentiality.