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Real estate mogul Charles Kushner in this file photo.

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FAIR LAWN – A jury will determine whether a real estate tycoon's company violated privacy rights by installing a hidden camera in the bathroom of a Fair Lawn office building to purportedly deter vandalism, according to The Record.

More than 60 plaintiffs filed a suit against the The Kushner Companies (led by real estate investor Charles Kushner), alleging that the company's decision to instal cameras in the bathroom violated their reasonable expectation of privacy, protected by the 14th Amendment, according to The Record.

Plaintiffs are seeking compensatory damages for pain and suffering. According to The Record, the lead plaintiff claims she developed a phobia of public restrooms after having discovered the cameras, which led to medical issues.

Cameras were only on for three days in 2007 and filmed the wash basins, The Record reported, though plaintiffs allege exterior urinal stalls were also visible by the camera.