California Court of Appeal
A.F. Brown Electrical Contractor v. Rhino Electrical Supply, G035694
The trial court's denial of defendants' special motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute is upheld over claims that: 1) their filing of a stop notice and other debt collection efforts constituted acts in furtherance of their constitutional right of petition or free speech in connection with a public issue, and as such were absolutely privileged under the litigation privilege; and 2) plaintiff failed to demonstrate a probability of success because its evidence of damage is based solely on hearsay statements.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/24/2006
- Published 03/24/2006
Judges
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Hollins Schechter and Kenneth C. Jones for Defendants and Appellants., Law Office of Amanda J. Potier, Amanda J. Potier and Karin L. Van Zee for Plaintiff and Respondent.