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§21-839.2.
§21-839.2.
Any person whose right of privacy, as created in Section 1 hereof, is
violated or the surviving spouse, personal representatives or a
majority of the adult heirs of a deceased person whose name, portrait,
or picture is used in violation of Section 1 hereof, may maintain an
action against the person, firm or corporation so using such person's
name, portrait or picture to prevent and restrain the use thereof, and
may in the same action recover damages for any injuries sustained, and
if the defendant in such action shall have knowingly used such
person's name, portrait or picture in such manner as is declared to be
unlawful, the jury or court, if tried without a jury, in its
discretion may award exemplary damages.
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