Legal Opinion
Bently Reserve LP v. Papaliolios
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 30, 2013No. A136191PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BANKE, J.
Defendant Andreas G. Papaliolios (Papaliolios) appeals from an order denying his special motion to strike a libel claim under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 1 (the “anti-SLAPP” statute). The claim arises from a negative review of an apartment building Papaliolios posted to Yelp, an Internet Web site. Papaliolios asserts his review is mere opinion or, alternatively, substantially true and, therefore, nonlibelous. While many Internet critiques are nothing more than ranting opinions that cannot be taken seriously, Internet commentary does not ipso facto get a free pass…
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