Baer v. Tedder CA4/3
In this appeal, we review the trial court’s decision to grant two anti-SLAPP motions filed by five of the 11 defendants named in Dan W. Baer’s malicious prosecution action. This task is somewhat complicated by the fact this is the seventh appeal to follow complex litigation that has spanned over two decades.
The original complaint, filed in 1996, arises out of business dealings between Baer and an attorney, David H. Tedder, during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It began as an action filed by Tedder as general partner of a multitude of Nevada limited partnerships he created for clients as part of “asset protection” services he provided for those clients. Tedder sued on behalf of the limited partnerships to recover on loans they allegedly made to Baer’s two corporations to acquire real estate owned by the corporations. Baer’s corporations and Tedder cross-complained against each other seeking to determine their respective interests in the real estate and other busin
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