MENDOZA v. WICHMANN

No. C059259.

194 Cal.App.4th 1430 (2011)

JOANNA R. MENDOZA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JEFFREY WICHMANN et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

May 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Klaus J. Kolb for Defendant and Appellant Jeffrey Wichmann.

David T. Ludington for Defendant and Appellant Klaus J. Kolb.

Freidberg & Parker, Edward Freidberg , Susanna V. Pullen , and Port J. Parker for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

NICHOLSON, J.

The trial court denied defendants' motion to strike plaintiff's malicious prosecution complaint as a SLAPP, ruling plaintiff had introduced sufficient evidence of her likelihood of succeeding on the merits.1

We reverse. We find on the undisputed facts that defendants had probable cause to bring the underlying action, and thus plaintiff cannot establish an element of her malicious...

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