Mendiola v. Pekin
In this case, the trial court granted a special motion to strike plaintiff's complaint as a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit). This appeal follows from the entry of judgment against plaintiff Robert Mendiola (hereafter Mendiola) on his complaint against defendants Patrick Michael Pekin, the law offices of P. Michael Pekin, and Amanda Hernandez (hereafter Defendants). The granting of an anti-SLAPP motion to strike is a proper subject for appeal. (Code Civ. Proc., 425.16, subd. (j); see also Kyle v. Carmon (1999) 71 Cal.App.4th 901, 906.) As Court explain below, Court conclude that the trial court acted properly in granting Defendants' motion under the anti SLAPP statute as to some of Mendiola's causes of action, but not as to one of his causes of action.
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