CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 1800
Intrusion Into Private Affairs
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] violated
[his/her/nonbinary pronoun] right to privacy. To establish this claim,
[name of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:
1. That [name of plaintiff] had a reasonable expectation of privacy in
[specify place or other circumstance];
2. That [name of defendant] intentionally intruded in [specify place or
other circumstance];
3. That [name of defendant]’s intrusion would be highly offensive to a
reasonable person;
4. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and
5. That [name of defendant]’s conduct was a substantial factor in
causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm.
In deciding whether [name of plaintiff] had a reasonable expectation of
privacy in [specify place or other circumstance], you should consider,
among other factors, the following:
(a) The identity of [name of defendant];
(b) The extent to which other persons had access to [specify place or
other circumstance] and could see or hear [name of plaintiff]; and
(c) The means by which the intrusion occurred.
In deciding whether an intrusion is highly offensive to a reasonable
person, you should consider, among other factors, the following:
(a) The extent of the intrusion;
(b) [Name of defendant]’s motives and goals; and
(c) The setting in which the intrusion occurred.
New September 2003; Revised June 2010
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2023
- Content hash
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