Westreich v. Higa CA2/5
Spouses Meir Westreich and Maria Ruiz (plaintiffs) brought two actions against their next-door neighbors, Randall and Janice Higa (defendants). The first action concerned a boundary line dispute and ownership of the fence that separated their properties. Defendants prevailed.
While the first action was pending, plaintiffs filed a new action for breach of privacy, retaliation for the exercise of their rights to free speech and to petition, intentional and negligent infliction of emotion distress, and trespass. The trial court struck this complaint on defendants’ anti-SLAPP motion and awarded defendants $41,207.76 in attorney fees and costs.
Plaintiffs filed separate appeals from the judgment in the first action and the anti-SLAPP order in the second. We consolidated the appeals and now affirm the judgment in the first action and dismiss the appeal in the second.
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