California Court of Appeal

Denial of motion to strike malicious prosecution cause of action, under the Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation statute, is reversed as a malicious prosecution cause of action does not arise from an unsuccessful petition under the Workplace Violence Safety Act and, thus, plaintiffs could not have established a likelihood of prevailing on the merits of a malicious prosecution claim and it should have been stricken.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/17/2006
• Published 10/17/2006

Judges

• SIGGINS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sara B. Allman, Allman & Nielsen, Larkspur, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ellen Lake, Law Offices of Ellen Lake, Oakland, Anthony J. Sperber, Law Office of Anthony J. Sperber, Berkeley, for Respondents.