INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE v. FITZGIBBONS

No. G036080.

44 Cal.Rptr.3d 517 (2006)

140 Cal.App.4th 515

INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Michael FITZGIBBONS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

June 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bond Curtis, Tom Curtis, Berkeley and Alexander W. Kirkpatrick, Pasadena, for Defendant and Appellant.

McNeil, Tropp & Braun, Costa Mesa, Yolita Nowak Lecellier, Jeff I. Braun and Deborah S. Tropp, Costa Mesa, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Catherine I. Hanson, San Francisco and Gregory M. Abrams, for California Medical Association and American Medical Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

ARONSON, J.

Defendant Michael Fitzgibbons appeals the trial court's denial of his special motion to strike brought under the anti-SLAPP statute1 (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16).2 Fitzgibbons contends an e-mail message he sent questioning the financial condition of plaintiff Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc., (IHHI) concerned a matter of public interest under section 425.16, subdivision...

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