PREMIER MED. MGMT. SYSTEMS v. CAL. INS.

No. B179325.

39 Cal.Rptr.3d 43 (2006)

136 Cal.App.4th 464

PREMIER MEDICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

February 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissel & Brook, C. Guerry Collins, William S. Davis, and Conrad V. Sison, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant California Insurance Guarantee Association.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, John S. Poulos and Andrea L. Courtney, Sacramento, for Defendant and Appellant Pacific Secured Equities, Inc.

Heggeness & Sweet and Clifford D. Sweet III, San Diego, for Defendants and Appellants Insurance Company of the West and The Explorer Insurance Company.

Yohman, Parker, Kern, Nard & Wenzel and Richard J. Kern, for Defendant and Appellant American All-Risk Loss Administrators.

Gray, York & Duffy and John J. Duffy, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant HMI Associates, Inc.

Schaffer, Lax, McNaughton & Chen and John H. Horwitz, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant Lehman Foods, Inc.

Roxborough Pomerance & Nye and Michael Breen Adreani, Woodland Hills, for Defendants and Appellants Elite Personnel Services, Inc. and Select Personnel Services.

Riley & Reiner, Raymond L. Riley and Christopher J. Hamner, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


EPSTEIN, P.J.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying a special motion to strike a complaint under the anti-SLAPP law, Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, hereafter section 425.16). The dispute originated in efforts by insurers and employers to obtain a determination from the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) as to whether...

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