Tompkins v. Cyr
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
995 F. Supp. 664 (1998)
Cyr and others (defendants) organized eight protests at Tompkins's (plaintiff) home, conducted ongoing surveillance by parking outside and watching the house, followed Tompkins when he left, and made harassing phone calls over a ten-month period after Tompkins refused to stop performing abortions; the jury, instructed to award damages based on the defendants' conduct rather than the content of their speech, awarded Tompkins $2.8 million on the invasion-of-privacy claim, and Cyr moved for judgment as a matter of law.
Whether a plaintiff can recover for invasion of privacy by intrusion on the plaintiff's solitude if the defendant intentionally intruded upon the plaintiff's solitude, and the intrusion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.