California Court of Appeal

Plaintiff's lawsuit, stemming from defendant-hospital's suspension of his medical staff privileges, is dismissed under the anti-SLAPP statute as an effort to chill defendant's exercise of free speech as related to an official proceeding authorized by law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2005
• Published 02/08/2005

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald W. Odell, Lone Pine, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• DiCaro, Coppo & Popcke, Carlo Coppo, Carlsbad;  and Douglas Buchanan, Bishop, for Defendants and Respondents.