Alpha & Omega Development, LP v. Whillock Contracting, Inc.

Opinion

BENKE, Acting P. J.

Alpha and Omega Development, LP (Alpha), appeals from an order of the trial court granting pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure1 section 425.16 the special motion to strike (e.g., anti-SLAPP motion)2 of Whillock Contracting, Inc. (Whillock), to a cause of action for slander of title concerning real property once owned by Alpha.

Alpha contends the trial court erred in granting Whillock’s anti-SLAPP motion because Alpha met its burden of demonstrating a probability of *660prevailing on the merits, as required under the second prong of the antiSLAPP statute. As we explain, we…