Legal Opinion
Suarez v. Trigg Laboratories, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 7, 2016No. B264511PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, P. J.—
Rafael V. Suarez challenges the grant of Trigg Laboratories, Inc.’s special motion to strike pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute. We affirm the order.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY
Suarez, a business consultant, entered into an arrangement with Trigg Laboratories (Trigg), and its principal owner Michael Trygstad in April 2005, with the goal of increasing company profit and growth to prepare Trigg for an eventual sale. The parties initially expected the arrangement to be short term, and Suarez was paid $125 an hour. After several…
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