Legal Opinion
Bianchini v. Muggivan
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 13, 2010No. 09-CA-924PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.
|2On appeal, John J. Muggivan seeks review of the trial court’s denial of his Special Motion to Strike. For the following reasons, we dismiss the appeal.
Facts
On December 20, 2005, Kevin J. Bianchi-ni, Ph.D. sued John J. Muggivan for defamation. In the petition, Dr. Bianchini asserts that Mr. Muggivan defamed him in a medical report about a patient common to both practitioners. After years of pretrial procedural maneuvering, on July 1, 2009, Mr. Muggivan filed a Special Motion to Strike, pursuant to La. C.C.P. art. 971. On August 25, 2009, after a hearing on several…
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