Private Employer Drug Testing: Invading At-Will Employees' Privacy—Is It a Tort in Nebraska?

Authors

Gregory D. Barton, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. The Invasion of Privacy Tort ... A. Appropriation ... B. False Light Publicity ... C. Disclosure of Private Matters ... D. Intrusion Upon Seclusion or Solitude

III. The Current Law of Intrusion ... A. The Intrusion Element ... B. The "Highly Offensive" Element

IV. Violation of Public Policy: An Alternative to Intrusion

V. Avoiding Liability for Intrusion … A. Employer Defenses to Private, At-Will Employee Intrusion Claims ... B. Employee Waivers

VI. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Gregory D. Barton, Private Employer Drug Testing: Invading At-Will Employees' Privacy—Is It a Tort in Nebraska?, 67 Neb. L. Rev. (1988)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol67/iss1/11