Legal Opinion
Hong Liu v. Moore
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 5, 1999No. B116425PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, Acting P. J.
This appeal addresses the question whether the plaintiff in a SLAPP suit (a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) can, by the device of dismissing the SLAPP prior to a hearing on the defendant’s motion to strike the complaint, avoid paying the attorney’s fees incurred by the defendant in defending the suit. In the instant case, the appellant contends the respondents filed a SLAPP cross-complaint against her. The trial court ruled that because respondents had dismissed their cross-complaint prior to the hearing on appellant’s section 425.16 motion to…
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