Hall v. Wogan
Appellant Larry Hall was employed by respondent Western Oilfield, doing business as Rain for Rent (hereinafter Rain), until August 2, 2006, when he was summoned to Rains business office, arrested and charged with extortion. He and a coworker, Rick Gifford, had a preliminary hearing and were held to answer on November 6, 2006 to charges of conspiring to defraud Rain of money by false pretenses, attempt to extort money from a Rain contractor (Patrick Holmes), and attempted grand theft. More than a year later, in or about February 2008, the charges against Hall were dismissed.
On August 1, 2008, Hall filed this civil action against Rain, Rains internal audit manager Debra Wogan, and Holmes. Hall alleged causes of action against all three defendants for intentional infliction of emotional distress (first) and malicious prosecution (second). The complaint alleged a third cause of action against Holmes for intentional interference with contract. Holmes filed a Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 special motion to strike Halls complaint (commonly called an anti-SLAPP motion). Rain and Wogan also filed a special motion to strike. The superior court denied Holmess motion, but granted the motion filed by Rain and Wogan. Hall now appeals from the order granting the Rain and Wogan special motion to strike the allegations of the complaint against them. (Code Civ. Proc., 904.1, subd. (a)(13).)
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