Kumar v. Robert E. Weiss Incorporated
This action arises out of a dispute between plaintiff Parmanand Kumar and his homeowners’ association. Defendants the Law Offices of Robert E. Weiss Incorporated and attorney Cris A. Klingerman (collectively the law firm) represented the homeowners’ association in that matter. When Kumar sued the law firm essentially for legal malpractice, the trial court granted the law firm’s motion to strike Kumar’s complaint as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP; Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16). The court later awarded attorney fees to the law firm.
Kumar appeals from both orders. He contends: (1) the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear the anti-SLAPP motion; (2) the causes of action against the law firm were not based on constitutionally protected activity within the meaning of the anti-SLAPP statute; and (3) the attorney fee award was improper because the anti-SLAPP motion should have been denied. We dismiss the appeal from the order granting the anti-SLAPP motion as untimely and affirm the attorney fee award.
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