Howard v. Aspen Way Enterprises, Inc.

The Supreme Court consolidated Plaintiffs’ petitions for writ of review from the circuit court’s decisions granting Defendant summary judgment on Plaintiffs’ separate claims asserting invasion of privacy, granted the petitions, and reversed and remanded for further proceedings.In granting summary judgment for Defendant, the circuit court concluded that Wyoming does not recognize a cause of action for Plaintiffs’ privacy claims. Plaintiffs asked the Supreme Court to recognize a common law cause of action for the invasion of privacy tort defined by the Restatement (Second) of Torts, section 652B, as intrusion upon seclusion. The Supreme Court agreed with Plaintiffs, holding (1) the Restatement cause of action for intrusion upon seclusion is consistent with the value the state places on privacy; and (2) therefore, the tort is now recognized as part of Wyoming’s common law. View "Howard v. Aspen Way Enterprises, Inc." on Justia Law