County Investment, LP v. Royal West Investment, LLC, Series E and Shawn Shabazi

OPINION

John Donovan Justice

Appellant, County Investment, LP (“County Investment”), sued appellees, Royal West Investment, LLC (“Royal West”) and Shawn Shahbazi for damages, alleging they unlawfully placed a lis pen-dens on real property owned by County Investment. The trial court granted appel-lees’ motion for summary judgment on the ground that County Investment’s claims are barred by the defense of absolute privilege. We affirm.

I. Background

Non-party Massood Danesh Pajooh (“Pajooh”), a commercial real estate developer, is a principal owner or member of several entities through which he…