Court Opinion

ID: 9493272
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 15:03:08.037427+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:55:44.976315
License: Public Domain

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring specially.
I agree that Fletcher failed to establish the third element of her invasion of privacy claim because she failed to demonstrate an intent to keep knowledge about her staph infection private. After learning from her doctor that she had a staph infection, Fletcher told two coworkers about it. Such a disclosure is inconsistent with an intent to maintain privacy. For that reason, I concur in the decision to reverse the denial of judgment as a matter of law on the invasion of privacy claim and, given the reversal of the compensatory damages award, to affirm the grant of judgment as a matter of law on punitive damages.