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Tiger Woods Case Summary

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The case involving Tiger Woods and the Christensen shipyard company on the use of tiger woods name and photographs is a tort of invasion of privacy and a violation of his right of publicity. This right protects an individual to be free appropriation of ones persona. Therefore the defendants using Tiger Woods name and photographs in their ships can be asserted as a breach of right and an intrusion on his publicity for business gain. For instance the ship yard did not have First Amendment rights to present truthful facts regarding the use of Tiger’s name and photographs for that promotion, they did it without his consent. Besides, having the ship written privacy does not have any impact on the case. Nevertheless, having the clause prohibiting the use of Tigers wood name photographs …show more content…

Besides the Barberton Company should compensate for the damages they caused for instance, breaking the wind screen of Elliot’s car. The jury will consider all the evidence in the context of the elements required to prove negligence of the defendant and render the verdict.
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The tort involved in this case is a liability tort known as strict liability.it is a tort that provides a guaranteed protection to those who are injured by conduct of law which may deem to be both serious and inexcusable. Mary land Heights should file a lawsuit against the Mallinckrodt for the damages caused. In this tort any company or person perceived to cause the damage by conduct will be required to compensate for the damages caused since they are required to take caution when engaging in such ultra-hazardous activity.

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