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COSTANZA v. SEINFELD

279 A.D.2d 255 (2001)

719 N.Y.S.2d 29

MICHAEL COSTANZA, Appellant, v. JERRY SEINFELD et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided January 4, 2001.

In this action based on plaintiff's claim that defendants "used the name, likeness and persona of the Plaintiff to create the character of George Costanza" for the Seinfeld television program, the court (181 Misc.2d 562) properly dismissed plaintiff's invasion of privacy and Civil Rights Law causes of action. New York places claims for invasion of privacy exclusively within the domain of Civil Rights Law §§ 50 and 51 (see...

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