COLE v. PATRICIA A. MEYER & ASSOCIATES, APC

Nos. B227712, B230271.

206 Cal.App.4th 1095 (2012)

142 Cal. Rptr. 3d 646

CHRISTOPHER A. COLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PATRICIA A. MEYER & ASSOCIATES, APC, et al., Defendants and Appellants. CHRISTOPHER A. COLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KIESEL, BOUCHER, & LARSON et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

June 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, Leighton M. Anderson and David A. Brady for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Juskie, Charles R. Grebing and Eric R. Deitz for Defendants and Appellants.

Nemecek & Cole, Jonathan B. Cole , Mark Schaeffer and Frances Ma for Defendants and Respondents Kiesel, Boucher & Larson and Raymond P. Boucher.

Reback, McAndrews, Kjar, Warford & Stockalper, James J. Kjar and Albert E. Cressey III for Defendant and Respondent Robert P. Ottilie.


OPINION

EPSTEIN, P. J.

This case involves causes of action for malicious prosecution and defamation against attorneys of record in a prior case. As to the causes of action for malicious prosecution, we hold, among other things, that the attorneys' anti-SLAPP1 special motions to strike (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.) were improperly granted, and that attorneys who appear on all of the pleadings and papers...

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