California Court of Appeal
THE PEOPLE ex rel. 20th CENTURY INS. CO. v. BUILDING PERMIT CONSULTANTS INC., B139322
Lawsuit alleging that consultant company solicited homeowners to file inflated and fraudulent insurance claims is not preempted by Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute, because the claims were not submitted into litigation or other government proceeding.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/16/2001
- Published 01/16/2001
Judges
- EPSTEIN, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Walter J. Lack, Karen L. Hindin, Los Angeles, Jared W. Beilke, for Defendants and Appellants., Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, John A. Marder, Dennis B. Kass, David J. Wilson, Los Angeles, and Julie M. Fleming, for Plaintiff and Respondent.