Yang v. Buch
After the trial court granted a SLAPP motion[1]by defendant Robert Buch, it entered judgment against plaintiffs Kevin Jen-Kang Yang and Lee Yang. The Yangs appealed from the judgment, arguing, among other things, that the SLAPP motion should have been denied. We held that the Yangs had failed to file a timely appeal from the order granting the SLAPP motion, which was separately appealable, and hence Court had no jurisdiction to review that order. Court also awarded Buch costs on appeal.
On remand, the Yangs filed a motion for sanctions, on the ground that Buch had failed to prepare a proposed order granting the SLAPP motion and thus had somehow prevented them from filing a timely appeal; the trial court denied this motion. The trial court also awarded Buch $25,000 as attorney fees for the appeal. The Yangs now appeal both of these postjudgment orders. Finding no error, Court affirm.
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