California Court of Appeal

In the context of a malicious prosecution action, Code of Civil Procedure section 437c(f)(1) does not permit summary adjudication on the ground that some, but not all claims in a single underlying claim are supported by probable cause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2004
• Published 05/24/2004

Judges

•  WOODS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Hillel Chodos for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robie & Matthai and James R. Robie;  O'Melveny & Myers, Mark Wood, Patrick Lynch, John F. Daum and Matthew W. Close, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company., Munger, Tolles & Olson, Brad D. Brian, Lawrence C. Barth and Lisa J. Demsky, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents William Montgomery, B. Gerald Reynolds and Frank Haines.