Hindu Temple & Community Center of the High Desert, Inc. v. Raghunathan

Dillard, Judge.

The trial court dismissed a lawsuit filed by appellants Hindu Temple and Community Center of the High Desert, Inc. (“Hindu Temple”) and Annamalai Annamalai against appellees Sandhya J. Shastri, Senthil Kumar Kandasamy, and Valmikinathan E Raghu-nathan, after concluding that both the lawsuit and accompanying verifications violated OCGA § 9-11-11.1, Georgia’s anti-SLAPP (“Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation”) statute. In addition to dismissing the lawsuit, the trial court ordered that appellants pay appellees’ attorney fees and expenses pursuant to OCGA §§ 9-11-11.1…