Hartford v. Karnazes CA1/2
“At all relevant times, Elizabeth Karnazes and John Hartford were attorneys, and
for a considerable number of years appear to have practiced together. Their parting of the
ways was in no sense amicable. The courts became their battleground, and the judges of
San Mateo County the most unwilling observers of their repeated campaigns of scorched
earth litigation tactics[1]
. . . . [¶] After it granted Hartford’s special motion to strike
Karnazes’s cross-complaint, the trial court granted his motion for the award of costs and
attorney fees guaranteed him by the SLAPP statute. ([Code Civ. Proc.,
[2]
] § 425.16,subd. (c).) The amount of the award was $21,143.37, and the order was filed on
September 28, 2009.”
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